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Shadhili Order
The Shadhili Order is a Sufi order (tariqah) founded by Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili in the 13th century, historically important in the Maghreb and Egypt and followed today by millions of people around the world. Its writers include Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari, author of the Hikam, and the commentators Ahmad Zarruq and Ahmad ibn Ajiba, and many head lecturers of al-Azhar in Cairo have followed it. Its branches include the Fassiyya, widespread in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, the Darqawiyya, founded in Morocco in the late 18th century, and the Alawi-Darqawiyya of Ahmad al-Alawi, which spread from Algeria to Syria, Jordan, France and English-speaking communities.
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