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tariqah
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tariqah

In Sufism, the spiritual path toward direct knowledge of God. For early Sufi mystics, the term referred to an individual's spiritual path; later it came to mean the path advocated by a particular school or order of Sufis and then of the order itself. Each mystic order claimed a chain of spiritual descent from Muhammad. Today Sufi tariqah number in the hundreds.



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It contains the tomb and shrine of the Mevlana, or Jalaluddin Rumi, founder of Sufi order.
The case brought by the Sufi Doctrines Authority alleges that a scene involving Wahby and members of a Sufi order denigrates Sufism, while a private lawyer claims in a separate case that another scene involving Wahby denigrates certain Muslim Imams.
Since I was elected supreme guide of the council, Abul Azayem has been waging a ferocious media and legal battle against my victory," said Al Qassabi, the leader of Al Qassabiya Sufi order.
 
 
 
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