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The Order was an Islamic revivalist movement of orthodox sufis, established in the Arabian desert by Sheikh Mohammed ibn Ali Sanusi - aka the Grand Sanusi - in 1837.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2011

No sticklers for the letter of the law, the sufis met the un believer as near as they could to his own doctrinal ground.

From Time Magazine Archive