News Muncher - category sufism

2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Sun of love shines on

Affan Yesvi is a Sufi scholar, columnist, and entrepreneur. Among them are the Dargah of Hazrat Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer; the Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya in Delhi; the Dargah of Hazrat Nasiruddin Mahmud Dehlavi in Delhi, also known as the Dargah of Chirag-i-Delhi; the Dargah of Khawaja Banda Nawaz in Gulbarga city; the Dargah of Hazrat Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki …

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8 months ago

I feel I must embody the best version of my faith: Rana Safvi

Deccan Chronicle

Delhi and Islamic heritage are two abiding themes in the books of scholar, translator and historian Rana Safvi, one of whose passions is to explore and document the many histories of Indian Sufism. To write in a very accessible format well-researched, well-referenced material that dispels misconceptions is how she presents her credo to Sucheta Dasgupta on the sidelines of the …

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2 years ago

Review: Zikr by Muzaffar Ali

Hindustan Times

Learning is an eternal quest, and the path of seeking will hopefully lead the individual to ‘truth’. The first comprises chapters in which Ali traces his royal lineage, unlocks his childhood memories of growing up in Kotwara House, Lucknow, reflects on the humanism of his father Raja Syed Sajid Husain Ali and their shared penchant for cars and horses, recalls …

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2 years, 2 months ago

This new book journeys into the histories of Sufism in India

Live Mint

In popular culture—and possibly, due to the immense popularity of qawwalis—Sufism is often defined by its music. For many, it is the poetry and the mysticism that holds sway, but as historian, writer, scholar and translator Rana Safvi explains in her new book, In Search of the Divine: Living Histories of Sufism in India, Sufism is a rigorous discipline. Safvi, …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Udaipur killers' Sufi connection: A look at how this brand of Islam has changed

Firstpost

The matter of gruesome murders of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur and Umesh Kohle in Amravati has not even cooled down yet, and a controversial video from Ajmer has added fuel to fire in which a Khadim of the Ajmer Sharif dargah, is talking about giving away his house to anyone who beheads Nupur Sharma The matter of gruesome murders of …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Book Review: Muzaffar Alam's 'The Mughals and the Sufis' explores the Sufi influence in Mughal rule

The Hindu

W ITH nearly 50 years of research and teaching experience in the best of universities in India and the United States, Muzaffar Alam has offered a work that has the quality of a swan song, the culmination of a life-long intellectual activity to produce a book on a theme that was long waiting to be written and one that only …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Sufi Clerics Pledge to Promote Sufism in India in National Seminar, Kerala Governor Supports Cause

News 18

During a national seminar held in New Delhi, Sufi clerics pledged to promote Sufism in India in a bid to rationalize radical organisations. The conference, jointly hosted by Mumbai based Sufi Islamic Board and New Delhi based Hamara Hind Foundation at India Islamic Cultural Centre on the topic ‘Role of Sufism in promoting national integration and was inaugurated by Arif …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Australian Muslim communities are a lot more diverse than you may have thought

ABC

Nora Amath has two degrees and a PhD and has lived in Australia for 23 years. While almost two-thirds of the world's Muslims come from Asia, Dr Amath said Islam was often misrepresented as "monolithic" or a Middle Eastern religion. While the divide between Sunni and Shia has historically fuelled many conflicts, Dr Rane said Sunnis and Shias are "not …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Book Review: Onus on the moderate Muslim to reclaim Islam's heterodox legacy

Deccan Chronicle

Had it not been for the bitterly-wrought Partition, Sufism, which had its origins in the Arabian peninsula during the Prophet’s lifetime but flourished in India in the 13th and 14th centuries, would have emerged as the signature model of inclusive and, as it happens, syncretic Islam. This is the thesis of Ghazala Wahab’s timely book that is simultaneously a ready-reckoner …

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3 years, 10 months ago

With a Message on 'Sufism', PM Modi to Offer Chadar at Ajmer Sharif Dargah Tomorrow