Shaikh Rashid Bin Ibrahim Al Muraikhi () is a prominent

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scholar and teacher in

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. He used to be the

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of the Shaikh Isa Bin Ali Mosque in

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until 1988. He has been praised for his role in bridging the

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divide in Bahrain and has warm relations with

scholars in Bahrain. As a leader of the

tradition in Bahrain, he has been a target of criticism by puritanical

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activists for participating and endorsing

ceremony such as Al-Maulid Al-Nabawi (the birth of Muhammad) in which he recites poems about the event. His son, Shaikh Ibrahim Al Muraikhi, is the chief justice of the Supreme Sunni

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Court in Bahrain and the president of the Imam

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Society. The Imam Malik Society is the only registered Sufi organization in Bahrain. Among Shaikh Rashid's published works is ''Raf' al-Astar 'an Shubuhat wa Dalalat Sahib al- Hiwar'' ("Exposing the Insinuations and Aggravations of the Author of the 'Debate with al-Maliki"). Among his teachers are Shaikh Mohammed Al Hijazi of

, Shaikh Mohammed Abil Mulla of

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, Shaikh Abbas Bin Alawi Al Maliki of

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(brother of Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki), and Shaikh Abdul Qadir Al Sagga

of

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, 12 July 2009
Sufi clerics plan German pilgrimage

, 12 July 2009
أكد أنهم أولى بالسلف من غيرهم... شيخ الصوفية في البحرين راشد المريخي: //البحرين
- Al Wasat, 7 October 2008
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Al Wasat, 18 October 2008

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