The Dialectic of Master and Disciple in the Egyptian Sufi Experience

Sufi groups in Egypt play a role on the political, social, and development level given their firm link with society and the effects they produce on religion and culture in daily life, especially in the Middle Ages in Egypt, which began when a group of Andalusian Sufis allied and cooperated with the Lakhum tribe in Alexandria. This alliance soon broke apart and Lakhm were defeated to the benefit of the Andalusian group. From that time, Sufi groups have played a special role by founding a network of Tariqa relationships and institutions that helped construct a distinct situation in public life, which had an effect on the channels of communication between the Sufi masters and the structures of authority and society.

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Sufi groups in Egypt play a role on the political, social, and development level given their firm link with society and the effects they produce on religion and culture in daily life, especially in the Middle Ages in Egypt, which began when a group of Andalusian Sufis allied and cooperated with the Lakhum tribe in Alexandria. This alliance soon broke apart and Lakhm were defeated to the benefit of the Andalusian group. From that time, Sufi groups have played a special role by founding a network of Tariqa relationships and institutions that helped construct a distinct situation in public life, which had an effect on the channels of communication between the Sufi masters and the structures of authority and society.

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