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rifaiya

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[ree-fah-ee-yuh] / ˌri fɑˈi yə /

noun

Islam.

  1. a band of dervishes who achieved ecstasy during prayer by violent body movements and self-inflicted pain: formed in the 12th century; outlawed in 1925.

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