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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

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The Saint and the Sword: How Sufi Scholars of the Nineteenth Century Resisted Colonialism and State Repression 

By Farah El-Sharif  //  January 31, 2023February 1, 2023

“War on terror”-style rhetoric was not always directed against Salafi jihadis. Its targets were once Sufi Muslims. It is hard to believe that Sufism, which today is associated with political quietism and docile pacifism, was…

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