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Abd al-Qadir see Abd al-Kader .

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Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 12/5/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...world. "Some of the greatest reform movements in the 19th century were carried out by Sufis," says Nasr. "Amir Abd al-Kader, the national hero of Algeria, was a Sufi master." No reliable statistics exist for numbers of Sufis practicing...
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