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They watched benignly as Suleyman Demirel, now Turkey's president, then its intermittent prime minister, cultivated links with the tarikats, religious brotherhoods outlawed by Ataturk, and oversaw the setting up of more than 200 religious schools known as Imam Hatips.
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And the marabouts - spiritual leaders - of the Mouride and other brotherhoods have political as well as economic clout.
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He is followed by two friends with candelabra and others carrying candles and lanterns, five choral singers who sing the Lamentation of the Virgin Mary at several points along the way, and many worshippers of all ages from Croatia and abroad wearing the tunics of religious brotherhoods.
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