This article originally appeared on The Conversation. On Feb. 16, 2017, a bomb ripped through a crowd assembled at the tomb of a Sufi saint, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, in southeastern Pakistan. Soon ...

Reporting from Dubai, UAEReporting from Dubai, UAE — When some two dozen militants massacred at least 305 people in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday, they were targeting the Sufi community that worshiped ...

BIRZEIT, West Bank (AP) -- For most tourists, iconic religious landmarks like the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall and the Church of the Nativity are an important part of any visit to the Holy Land.

The suicide bomber who stepped inside the gold-domed shrine in southern Pakistan in February was wearing a vest packed with ball bearings, bolts and screws. When he hit the detonator, he killed more ...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Every Friday afternoon people flock to a small mosque in one of the alleys in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City. They are there not only to perform the five daily ...

Parveen Akhtar has received funding from the British Academy and the Economic and Social Research Council. When an Islamic State (IS) suicide bomber killed 88 people and wounded hundreds more at a ...

The death toll in last week’s terrorist attack on a mosque frequented by Sufi worshippers in Egypt’s northern Sinai region has risen to more than 300. No group has yet claimed responsibility for ...

LOS ANGELES (RNS) The rhythmic chanting of 15 “beloveds,” as they call themselves, ripples across a prayer room in a family home in the San Fernando Valley. They stand in a circle with their hands ...