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Since 2008, the Library of Congress has hosted a “Conversations with African Poets and Writers Series,” bringing award-winning writers such as Chimamanda Adichie or Abdulrazak Gurnah from across the ...

The delay a Guinness World Records certificate took to reach its rightful owner was documented by India's long-distance runner Sufiya Sufi. She blamed the bottlenecks and obstacles of delivery ...

In light of emerging evidence from Uttar Pradesh, Karnakata and Kerala over the Popular Front of India's (PFI) involvement in alleged anti-national activities, prominent Muslim organisation Sufi ...

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KOZHIKODE: Sunni scholars are cautioning believers against certain Sufi orders that they claim stand against the basic tenets of Islam and are spreading un-Islamic ideas in the name of Sufism. The ...