The Sufis, who brought Islam to much of sub-Saharan Africa, dance, pray and preach using drama and humor.

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The Sufis, who took Islam to much of sub-Saharan Africa, dance, pray and preach using drama and humor.

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It was still associated with Sufis, and a cluster of coffee houses grew up in Cairo around the religious university of the Azhar.

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They came to be known as sufis by reference to their simple garments of wool (suf), and through their efforts Islam was carried deep into the lands of Asia and Africa.11 The spread of Islam in India, for instance, was more the work of sufis than men who wielded swords.

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