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The Marabouts (spiritual doctors) part 2":
The marabouts still attract pilgrims from all over southern Tunisia and even from Algeria. This great veneration of the marabouts reflects the continuing vigor of Sufism, the movement which grew up in the 12th century around Sufi Abu Madian . The name of the Sufis came from the simple woolen garment they wore. They believed that the adherents of Islam, a religion of the desert, should show particular modesty of behavior and asceticism, and were much given to mysticism, the veneration of holy men, spiritual contemplation and meditation.
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Posted by spadamchrist to SUNTOUMANA at 21 October 2008 00:30