In the past three days at least a dozen people have been killed in clashes between the Shabab and a Sufi Islam militia in central Somalia.

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Unfortunately, he seems to have been animated by variants of Islam espoused by extremists, not the Sufi Islam of the North Caucasus.

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Most Malians practise a popular form of Sufi Islam, often described as an open and intellectual interpretation of the religion - it involves mysticism, chanting and hypnotic prayers.

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The manuscripts offend the Salafists less than the tombs or graven images do, though some address the Sufi school of Islam, which they scorn.

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