Daoud Riffi is an associate professor and historian. Publisher (Tasnîm Editions), consultant, and trainer specializing in the history of Islamic thought. (Photo: Daoud Riffi / Facebook) Few ...

By Humaira Ahad In a madrasa in the 17th-century Shiraz, a group of students gathered in the Khan School, notebooks open, ...

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Speakers included Dr Mohammad Qamar Alam, professor in the Persian Department at Aligarh Muslim University; Dr Mufti Mohammad Alauddin Qaderi, expert in Islamic mysticism; and Yousef Abrahani ...

Intaj Malek, who earned his PhD studying ‘Upanishads and Islamic mysticism’, has become the go-to research guide for Jain monks and nuns pursuing PhDs Intaj Malek, who earned his PhD studying ...

By the Fourth Republic, politicians had fully imported into Nigeria this Islamic mysticism which was spreading in sub-Saharan Africa. The marabouts were Islamic priests who combined Islam with ...