Peace, tolerance, and humanity are the fundamental values of Sufi thought, while violence and intolerance are the hallmarks of religious extremism. Islamic militants in Pakistan view the country’s ...

Within a week, three more Sufi shrines in the Peshawar and Nowshera region had been assaulted. On November 2, an improvised explosive device (IED), aimed at Muslims attending Friday prayers, was ...

Devotees pass walk through gate at a checkpoint as they arrive to attend the celebrations of the three-day annual festival or 'Urs' of famous saint Hazrat Ali Hajveri, popularly known as Data Ganj ...

(RNS) — Thousands of pilgrims arrive weekly to honor the mystic Sufi saint Sheikh Brahm's legacy of peace and harmony. KHEM KARAN, India (RNS) — Only 25 meters from the border that separates India ...

QUETTA, Pakistan – Pakistani police say a bomb blast at a Sufi shrine has killed at least 10 and wounded 60 others in the country's southwest. Sarfaraz Bugti, home minister for Baluchistan province, ...

KARACHI, Pakistan – Two suspected suicide bombers have attacked the most beloved Sufi shrine in Pakistan's largest city, killing at least eight people, wounding 65 others, and sending a stark reminder ...

A group of young men and women are hoping to use Sufism to eradicate extremism from Swat. Seven years ago, Pakistan’s military swept into Swat, freeing it of the Taliban who had virtually ruled the ...

Police say gunmen have shot to death two workers at a small Sufi Muslim shrine in northwest Pakistan. Local police official Iqbal Khan says the bodies of the men were found on Friday at the shrine of ...

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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Drumming, dancing, and bright lights. Pakistan’s centuries-old tradition of honoring Sufi saints comes alive during annual festivals known as Urs. In the eastern city of Lahore ...