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The Quiet Sufi Behind Morocco's Push For Moderate Islam
The Quiet Sufi Behind Morocco's Push For Moderate Islam

Ahmed Toufiq, Morocco’s minister of Islamic affairs, is leading an export of the kingdom’s Boutchichiya Sufi Islam and pushing back against the Wahhabi tradition of Saudi Arabia with its links to Salafi jihadism.

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