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Murid
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Murid 

in Muslim countries, a person wishing to dedicate himself to Islam and to master the fundamentals of the mystical teachings of Sufism. The murid selects his teacher, the murshid (or sheikh), whom he must obey.
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And when Russian troops attacked breakaway Chechnya in the early 1990s, separatist fighters were often seen performing the stirring ritual the zikr, during which murids dance in a circle while crying hypnotic chants.
The battle for the soul of Chechnya by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
As Shamil's murids [adherents or partisans] continued to resist, Russian forces poured into the region, eventually capturing Shamil in 1859.
Chechnya: the achilles heel of Russia--part one by Rasizade, Alec / Contemporary Review
Beyond Resistance and Collaboration: Amadu Bamba and the Murids of Senegal," Journal of African Religion 21, 2:149-71.
A Saint in the City: Sufi arts of urban Senegal by Roberts, Mary Nooter / African Arts
 
 
 
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