This much is clear: Kano State authorities in northern Nigeria accused the Sufi Muslim singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu of circulating social media messages containing lyrics they said attacked the Prophet ...

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 ...

As a Sufi singer, his songs have mostly been about divine love, but Bismil says he is finally ready to sing a ‘duet’ of a ...

SRINAGAR – 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 crackles for a ...

Mohd Asif, known by his stage name Bismil, is gaining recognition as a prominent Sufi artiste from India. His concerts have been sold out in many urban centres, ...