Sufism

Hundreds of Sufis reached Tanta Thursday evening to celebrate the birthday of revered Sufi al-Sayyid Ahmad al-Badawī. They staged marches…

The complex of the Mevlevi Dervishes: Listening to the harmony of the cosmosA jewel of Islamic architecture, the complex of…

Muhammad Abduh, a reknown Islamic thinker, leader, newspaper editor, and modernizer, remains extremely influential more than a century after his…

“It’s a sign for the end of the world,” says Ahmad Bahgat, one of the thousands of people who came…

Security forces in Cairo arrested yesterday 14 followers of Sufi orders as they were distributing food in front of the…

Conflict has disturbed the serenity of the Supreme Sufi Council during the last few months due to a dispute over…

There are 74 Sufi orders in Egypt. Al-Masry Al-Youm reviews some of the founders of Sufism in Egypt.Abul Hassan al-Shazli:

In Hakaza Takalam Ibn Arabi (That's How Ibn Arabi Spoke, Al-Markaz Al-Thaqafi Al-Arabi, 2004) Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid writes,"It's difficult…

Official sources at the Religious Endowments Ministry say a recent decision to ban Egypt's Sufi orders from holding gatherings for…

A decision by the Interior Ministry to ban Sufi remembrance gatherings was implemented for the first time yesterday at the…