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Qadiriyah

American  
[kah-duh-ree-yuh] / ˌkɑ dəˈri yə /
Or Qadiriya

noun

Islam.

  1. a Sufi fraternity founded by ʿAbd al-Qadir al-Jilani (1077–1166) in the 12th century.

Etymology

Origin of Qadiriyah

< Arabic qādiriyyah, equivalent to qādir (derivative of founder's name) + -iyyah abstract noun suffix

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This week’s gallery includes adherents of the Qadiriyah sufi order dance in Sudan; a surfer on an artificial wave in Germany; and Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris speaking simultaneously during a presidential debate in Miami.

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