Mouled is the celebration of the birth of Mohammed, Islam’s prophet. Worldwide, Muslims gather to hear poems and stories about the prophet’s life, recite the Qur’an, and enjoy festive music and foods.

The 8th Sindh Literature Festival commenced on Saturday at the Beach Luxury Hotel, organised by the Sindh Literature ...

On July 16, a group of female musicians and dancers will perform the sama, a traditional dance of Sufi Islam, for the first time in Tehran. Thirty-five drummers will accompany the dancers of Ava-ye ...

2006-05-26 04:00:00 PDT Grozny, Russia-- Three circles of barefoot men, one ring inside another, sway to the cadence of chanting. The men stomp in time as they sway, and grunt from the abdomen and ...

The Maq’ad of Sultan Qaitbey, a cultural centre located within this Mamluk site, hosted three women who stand out in dancing the Mawlawiyya, a Sufi dance traditionally reserved for men. The ...

From Brazilian martial-arts dancing to Turkish twirling meditation and Kenyan warriors jumping, the world moves in mysterious ways. Whether you know the language or not, watching—or better yet ...

On 16 February, a suicide bomb ripped through the shrine of 12th century Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan — a town in Sindh, Pakistan — while the traditional Sufi whirling dance and ...