Drumming, dancing, and bright lights. Pakistan’s centuries-old tradition of honoring Sufi saints comes alive during annual festivals known as Urs. In the eastern city of Lahore, as many as one million ...

Internationally acclaimed drummer Gunga Sain has passed away in the provincial capital. The famous drummer reportedly died due to a cardiac arrest. Dholchi Gunga Sain, who ruled the hearts of ...

Several speakers at the Data Ganj Bakhsh Conference on Tuesday said drum beating and dancing at shrines were not allowed in Islam and went against the teachings of sufi saints. The conference was ...

He cast a spotlight on an incredible music [genre] that may not have otherwise gained the momentum that it eventually did," says ace percussionist-composer Ranjit Barot of late Pakistani musician ...

Ali Azmat (left) and Salman Ahmad of Pakistani Sufi rock band Junoon say they perform to “lift the veil of ignorance about Muslim cultural heritage” [GALLO/GETTY] Shortly before his death in 1997, the ...

The leader of the “house church” I attended during the first few years of college liked to tell stories from the Sufi mystics. We would frequently laugh at the “crazy wisdom” of these nutty ...