The religious arts of the Muslim world manifest particular cultural characteristics and a sense of unity across cultures. The devotional music of Nigeria and Pakistan, for example, have a recognizable ...

Historian William Dalrymple journeys to Morocco, Turkey, Syria and Pakistan to explore whirling dervishes, Qawwali singing and other forms of music sacred in Sufism, the branch of Islam that ...

Ruins of the Assyrian Church of the Virgin Mary, which was destroyed by Islamic State (IS ... During this period, Mr Karam began composing a music piece to comfort his two daughters, aged 14 ...

The Arabic and Hebrew music landscape has been shaken up dramatically by the Israel-Hamas war — first by shock, then silence, and now a burst of new songs. Israeli music critic Einav Schiff and ...

Upendra Rana is another creator making similar music in Dadri near Delhi. His mission is to "correct" history and his songs are paeans to Hindu warriors where Muslim rulers are portrayed as villains.