Tag Archive for Sufism

Rise from your grave O Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, your nation cries out

by Tarek S. Fatah • November 19, 2013 • 4 Comments

With a darvesh inside the Nizamuddin Auliyah Dargah

November 20, 2013 Finding Islam in the Hindu heartland Tarek Fatah The Toronto Sun More than 700 years ago, a Muslim saint was born in India, who laid the foundations of an Indian Islam. Today, that faith seems to be…

by Tarek S. Fatah • November 19, 2013 • 0 Comments

In the Courtyard of the Beloved from Andreas Burgess on Vimeo.

My kinda Islam, Indian Islam! Khawaja Merey Khawaja..

by Tarek S. Fatah • November 19, 2013 • 1 Comment

Punjab’s Bullay Shah sung by Fariha Pervez in Lahore’s Coke Studio: “Mathay Te Tilak Laa Ke, Nee Mein Jaana Jogi de Naal…”

by Tarek S. Fatah • October 21, 2013 • 5 Comments

Fariha Pervez’s Coke Studio rendition of Bullay Shah’s epic poem about Punjab’s very own Romeo and Juliet, the love story of Heer and Ranjha. For obvious reasons, the first stanzas are not sung in this rendition. The 17th century lyrics…

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