RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Followers of a Sufi religious order convened on a Moroccan village near the city of Nador for the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad in the first such gathering since the pandemic.

Ali, who performs at a music festival by the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art on Saturday with singer Prahlad Tipanya, said that despite being seen as a Sufi singer, he considers himself a “Sufi-Bhakti” ...