SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine whirrs to life. As the Kashmiri tailor stitches, the machine ...

Songs of the Mystics' in New Delhi, offering a meditative exploration of Sufi music and poetry. Hosted by HCL Concerts, this ...

Sufi music, or Qawwali, is often performed by one lead singer, two back-up singers, percussion with one’s hands or traditional Indian drums the dholak and tabla and the harmonium, a free-reed keyboard ...

Jalandhar: Noted Sufi singer Ustad Puran Shahkoti, 74, passed away here in the early hours on Monday. He was considered a maestro who trained a few very successful singers but himself stuck to the ...

Blending the intensity of Sufi music with the familiarity of Bollywood, Rupali Jagga has carved a space for herself with ...

Sufi singer Jamal has spent decades devoted to his craft but now fears for his future as hardline Islamists gain ground in post-revolution Bangladesh. Conservative Muslim groups regard Sufism as ...

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Photographs of Sufi saint Mohammad Rajab Shaksaz, left, and the late Sufi singer Ghulam Ahmad Sofi, center, along with a collection of his cassettes with his songs, are displayed inside a tailor shop ...