The following is a list of notable
Sufi orders or schools (''
tariqa
A tariqa (or ''tariqah''; ar, طريقة ') is a school or order of Sufism, or specifically a concept for the mystical teaching and spiritual practices of such an order with the aim of seeking '' haqiqa'', which translates as "ultimate truth". ...
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Ahmadia (Imam Shaykh Burhanuddin)
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Ahmad al-Alawi
Ahmad al-Alawi (1869–14 July 1934), (in full, Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafā ibn ʿAlīwa, known as al-ʿAlāwī al-Mustaghānimī ar, أبو العباس أحمد بن مصطفى بن عليوة المعروف بالعلاوي ...
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Ba 'Alawiyya (Ba’ Alawi tariqa)
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Badawiyya
The Badawiyyah, Sufi tariqah, was founded in the thirteenth century in Egypt by Ahmad al-Badawi (1199-1276). As a tariqah, the Badawiyyah lacks any distinct doctrines.
It was, however, extremely popular during both the Mamluk and Ottoman periods ...
(Badawi tariqa)
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Bektashi
The Bektashi Order; sq, Tarikati Bektashi; tr, Bektaşi or Bektashism is an Islamic Sufi mystic movement originating in the 13th-century. It is named after the Anatolian saint Haji Bektash Wali (d. 1271). The community is currently led by ...
(Bektashiyyah tariqa)
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Burhaniyya (Burhani tariqa)
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Chabiyya
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Chishti Order
The Chishtī Order ( fa, ''chishtī'') is a tariqa, an order or school within the mystic Sufi tradition of Sunni Islam. The Chishti Order is known for its emphasis on love, tolerance, and openness. It began with Abu Ishaq Shami in Chisht, a ...
(Chishti tariqa, Chishtiyya)
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Ishq-Nuri Tariqa
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Dardouriyya
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Galibi Order
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Ganduzyya
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Hamallayya
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Idrisiyya
The Idrisiyya ( ar, الإدريسية) is a Sufi order which was founded by Ahmad Ibn Idris al-Fasi (1760–1837). It was originally called the Tariqa Muhammadiyya. This was not a Tariqa in the sense of an organized Sufi order, but rather ...
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Isawiyya (Aissawa, Issawiyya)
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Jahriyya
Jahriyya (also spelled Jahrīya or Jahriyah) is a ''menhuan'' ( Sufi order) in China, commonly called the New Teaching (''Xinjiao''). Founded in the 1760s by Ma Mingxin, it was active in the late 18th and 19th centuries in what was then Gansu Pr ...
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Jilala
The Jilala (), or Tariqa Jilalia () is an ecstatic and music-therapeutic tariqa of Morocco of Sufi origin. It should not be confused with the folk revival group Jil Jilala.
The Jilala are the oldest Moroccan Muslim confraternity, named after ...
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Jibawiyyah
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Khalwati order
The Khalwati order (also known as Khalwatiyya, Khalwatiya, or Halveti, as it is known in Turkey) is an Islamic Sufi brotherhood (''tariqa''). Along with the Naqshbandi, Qadiri, and Shadhili orders, it is among the most famous Sufi orders. The ...
(Halveti, Halwatiyya, Khalwatiyya)
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Gulshani
The Gulshani ( tr, Gülşenî) is a Halveti sub-order founded by Pir Ibrahim Gulshani, a Turkomen Sufi Sheikh (Sufism) from Eastern Anatolia, who died in Egypt. His family roots reaches to Oguzata shah in Azerbaijan.
When the Ottomans conque ...
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Jelveti
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Jerrahi
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Nur Ashki Jerrahi
** Karabashi
** Khalwatiyya Sammaniyya (see
Muhammad as-Samman al-Madani
Shaykh Muhammad bin Abdul Karim as-Samman al-Madani (born in Medina in 1718 AD-1775 AD) was a scholar descended from the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was a Sunni with Ash'ari understanding in the field of Aqeedah (creed), and a Shafi'i principle ...
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Nasuhi
The Nasuhi are a sub-order of the Khalwati Sufi order. Their founder, Pir Nasuhi, was a prolific author who wrote a number of works, including a commentary upon the Qur'an. He died and was buried at his '' Özbekler Tekkesi'' in Üsküdar, Ista ...
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Rahmani
Rahmani is a Muslim surname derived from the Arabic, denoting descent from someone named Rahman. Notable people with the surname include:
* Ali Rahmani, Iranian managing director
* Arsala Rahmani, Afghan politician
* Bakhtiar Rahmani, Iranian f ...
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Sunbuli
The Sunbuliye is a branch of the Halveti order, founded by Sunbul Sinan Efendi, more commonly known in Turkey as 'Sunbul Effendi'. Sunbul Effendi was born in 1464 or between 1475 and 1480 in Merzifon, Turkey.
He became a dervish with Shaikh Muh ...
** Sha`bani
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Ussaki
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Khatmiyya
The Khatmiyya is a Sufi order or tariqa founded by Sayyid Mohammed Uthman al-Mirghani al-Khatim.
The Khatmiyya is the largest Sufi order in Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia. It also has followers in Egypt, Chad, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Uganda, Yemen ...
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Kubrawiyya
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Madariyya
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Madyaniyya
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Maizbhandaria
The Maizbhandari ( bn, মাইজভাণ্ডারী), or sometimes Maijbhandari ( ar, المائجبهندارية, al-māʾijbahandāryyah), order or ''tariqa'' of Sufism within Sunni Islam was founded in the late 19th century by the Be ...
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Malamatiyya
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Marufi
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Mevlevi Order (Mawlawiyyah, Mevlevi, "Whirling Dervishes")
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Mirghaniyya
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Mouride
The Mouride brotherhood ( wo, yoonu murit, ar, الطريقة المريدية ''aṭ-Ṭarīqat al-Murīdiyyah'' or simply , ''al-Murīdiyyah'') is a large '' tariqa'' ( Sufi order) most prominent in Senegal and The Gambia with headquarters ...
(Murid tariqa, Muridiyya, Yoonu Murit)
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Murīdūn
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Naqshbandi
The Naqshbandi ( fa, نقشبندی)), Neqshebendi ( ku, نهقشهبهندی), and Nakşibendi (in Turkish) is a major Sunni order of Sufism. Its name is derived from Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari. Naqshbandi masters trace their ...
(Naqshbandiyyah, Al Siddiqiyya, Al Tayfuriyya, Mustafvi)
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Haqqaniyya
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İsmailağa
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Khalidiyya (see also
Khâlid-i Baghdâdî)
** Mujadidiyyah (see
Ahmad Sirhindi
Aḥmad al-Fārūqī as-Sirhindī (1564-1624) was a South Asian Islamic scholar from Punjab, Hanafi jurist, and member of the Naqshbandī Sufi order. He has been described by some followers as a Mujaddid, meaning a “reviver", for his work i ...
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Saifia
The Silsila-e-Saifia also spelled as Saifi Urdu سیفیہArabic السیفیہ is a Muslim Sufi order based in Pakistan, with a following in the UK, Europe, the US, Canada, Fiji, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Norway and various countries aroun ...
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Süleymancılar
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Nasiriyya
The Nasiriyya is a Sufi order founded by Sidi Mohammed ibn Nasir al-Drawi (1603–1674) whose centre was Tamegroute.
See also
* Darqawa
The Darqawiyya or Darqawi Sufi order is a revivalist branch of the Shadhiliyah brotherhood which originat ...
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Nimatullahi
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Noorbakshia
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Omariyya
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Ouazzaniyya
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Qadiriyya
The Qadiriyya (), also transliterated Qādirīyah, ''Qadri'', ''Qadriya'', ''Kadri'', ''Elkadri'', ''Elkadry'', ''Aladray'', ''Alkadrie'', ''Adray'', ''Kadray'', ''Kadiri'', ''Qadiri'', ''Quadri'' or ''Qadri'' are members of the Sunni Qadiri ...
(Qadiri, Elkadr, Kadray, Kadiri)
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Halisa – Halisiyya
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Kasnazani
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Qadiriyya Harariya
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Qadiriyya–Mukhtariyya Brotherhood
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Qadriyyah Razai
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Qadri Noshahi
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Razwi (Razwi'yah, Razwi'ya, see
Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan)
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Sarwari Qadiri
The Qadiriyya (), also transliterated Qādirīyah, ''Qadri'', ''Qadriya'', ''Kadri'', ''Elkadri'', ''Elkadry'', ''Aladray'', ''Alkadrie'', ''Adray'', ''Kadray'', ''Kadiri'', ''Qadiri'', ''Quadri'' or ''Qadri'' are members of the Sunni Qadiri ta ...
* Qadiriyyathun Nabaviyyah
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Qadiriyya wa Naqshbandiyya
The Qadiriyya Naqshbandiyya is a tradition within Sunni Islam, going back to the teachings of Ali ibn Abi Talib, Abdul Qadir Gilani and his direct descendants Bahauddin Naqshband, Khwaja Khawand Mahmud bin Sharifuddin and Sayyid Mir Jan. The trad ...
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Qudusiyah
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Qadri Tartusi
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Rahmani
Rahmani is a Muslim surname derived from the Arabic, denoting descent from someone named Rahman. Notable people with the surname include:
* Ali Rahmani, Iranian managing director
* Arsala Rahmani, Afghan politician
* Bakhtiar Rahmani, Iranian f ...
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Rifa`i (Rifa'iyya)
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Rishi order
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The Rishi order is a religious tradition, concept for the mystical teaching or spiritual practices associated with religious harmony of Sufism in the Kashmir Valley. The sufi saint of Rishi order influenced Kashmiris and its culture. The ...
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Safaviyya
The Safavid order, also called the Safaviyya ( fa, صفویه), was a tariqa ( Sufi order) founded by the Kurdish[Senusiyya
The Senusiyya, Senussi or Sanusi ( ar, السنوسية ''as-Sanūssiyya'') are a Muslim political-religious tariqa (Sufi order) and clan in colonial Libya and the Sudan region founded in Mecca in 1837 by the Grand Senussi ( ar, السنوسي ...](_blank)
(Senusi tariqa)
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Shadhili (
Shadhiliyyah)
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Attasiyah
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Darqawiyya (Darqawa)
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Habibiyya (see
Muhammad ibn al-Habib
Muhammad ibn al-Habib ibn as-Siddiq al-Amghari al-Idrisi al-Hasani (1876–1972), was a Moroccan Islamic teacher, author, and shaykh of the Darqawi ''tariqa'' in Morocco.
Life and education
Muhammad Ibn al-Habib was born in Fes in 1876. At t ...
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Murabitun
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Darqawi Hashimiya
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Fassiyya
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Maryamiyya
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Shadhilia-Batawia
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Shattari
The Shattari or Shattariyya are members of a Sufi mystical tariqah that originated in Persia in the fifteenth century C.E. and developed, completed and codified in India. Later secondary branches were taken to Hejaz and Indonesia. The word Sh ...
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Sheikhiyya
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Suhrawardiyya
The Suhrawardiyya ( ar, سهروردية, fa, سهروردیه) is a Sufi order founded by Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi (died 1168). Lacking a centralised structure, it eventually divided into various branches. The order was especially prominent in ...
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Sa'diyya
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Taïbiyya
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Tijaniyyah
The Tijāniyyah ( ar, الطريقة التجانية, Al-Ṭarīqah al-Tijāniyyah, The Tijānī Path) is a Sufi tariqa (order, path), originating in the Maghreb but now more widespread in West Africa, particularly in Senegal, The Ga ...
(also Tijani)
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Uwaisi
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Yasawiyyah
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Youssoufiyya
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Zahediyya
The Zahediyeh Sufi Order was founded by Zahed Gilani of Lahijan. As a precursor to the Safaviyya tariqa, which was yet to culminate in the Safavid dynasty, the Zahediyeh Order and its '' murshid'', Sheikh Zahed Gilani, holds a distinct place i ...
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Zaïaniyya
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Zarrouqiyya (
Wazifa Zarruqiyya
In Sufism, the Wazifa Zarruqiyya ( ar, الْوَظِيفَةُ الزَّرُّوقِيَّةُ) is a regular litany (''wazifa'') practiced by followers in the Shadhili order, and whose initial title is ''"Salvation ship for those who resort ...
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Zahabiya
Other Sufi groups
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Akbariyya
Akbari Sufism or Akbarism (Arabic: أكبرية: ''Akbariyya'') is a branch of Sufi metaphysics based on the teachings of Ibn Arabi, an Andalusian Sufi who was a gnostic and philosopher. The word is derived from Ibn Arabi's nickname, "Shay ...
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Azeemiyya
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Bayramiye (al Bayramiyya)
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Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship
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Dasuqi (Desuqiyya)
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Fultali
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Hurufiyya
Hurufism ( ar, حُرُوفِيَّة ''ḥurūfiyyah'', Persian: حُروفیان ''hōrufiyān'') was a Sufi movement based on the mysticism of letters (''ḥurūf''), which originated in Astrabad and spread to areas of western Iran (Persia) ...
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International Association of Sufism
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Jaririya
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Jelveti (
Jalwatiyya, Celvetîyye)
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Khufiyya
Khufiyya (; Arabic: خفيه, the silent ones) is a Sufist order of Chinese Islam. It was the first Sufist order to be established within China and, along with Jahriyya, Qadiriyya and Kubrawiyyah, is acknowledged as one of the four orders of ...
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Khwajagan
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Layene
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Roshani movement
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Salihiyya
Salihiyya ( so, Saalixiya; Urwayniya, ar, الصالحية) is a '' tariqa'' (order) of Sufi Islam prevalent in Somalia and the adjacent Somali region of Ethiopia. It was founded in the Sudan by Sayyid Muhammad Salih (1854-1919). The order is ...
Unorthodox or Pseudo-Sufi groups
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Alevi
Alevism or Anatolian Alevism (; tr, Alevilik, ''Anadolu Aleviliği'' or ''Kızılbaşlık''; ; az, Ələvilik) is a local Islamic tradition, whose adherents follow the mystical Alevi Islamic ( ''bāṭenī'') teachings of Haji Bektash Veli, w ...
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Alians (Shia)
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Baba Samit (Shia)
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Bektashiyya
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Haqqani Anjuman
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Inayatiyya
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International Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam
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Moorish Orthodox Church
The Moorish Orthodox Church of America is a syncretic, non-exclusive, and religious anarchist movement originally founded in New York City in 1965 and part of the burgeoning psychedelic church movement of the mid to late 1960’s in the United ...
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Moorish Science Temple of America
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Qalandariyya
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Sufi Ruhaniat International
The Sufi Ruhaniat International (SRI) is a stream of Universal Sufism and draws inspiration from traditions of Sufism within and beyond historic Islam. SRI is an initiatic order within the lineage of Inayat Khan (''Inayati-Chishtiyya''). Sufi Ahm ...
References
Further reading
* Yves Bomati and Houchang Nahavandi,''Shah Abbas, Emperor of Persia,1587–1629'', 2017, ed. Ketab Corporation, Los Angeles, , English translation by Azizeh Azodi.
External links
"List of Sufi Orders" The Spiritual Life. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
Sufism and Its Many Paths. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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Sufi orders
A tariqa (or ''tariqah''; ar, طريقة ') is a school or order of Sufism, or specifically a concept for the mystical teaching and spiritual practices of such an order with the aim of seeking ''haqiqa'', which translates as "ultimate truth".
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