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ajiss-317	Muedini, Fait	Sufism, Politics, and the Arab Spring	2012.0	19	.pdf	application/pdf	7711	338	53	Similar calls have taken place in Egypt; in this case, Sufi groups have begun to form political parties for representation out of concern for the increase in political influence by the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as Salafi Muslim organizations. However, we should not understand the relationship as one merely of lead- ers attempting to influence Sufis – since Sufi orders have also been key actors in the anti-colonial movements in North Africa;23 and specifically in Muedini: Sufism, Politics, and the Arab Spring 27 cases such as the Sudan, where the Madahiyya order was key in the fight against the Ottoman Empire within this Egypt and Britain;24 in Morocco,25 where Nasiriyya Sufi orders had an influential role in trade, along with Sufi groups fighting against outside forces in Morocco26; in Libya, with the anti- colonial effort of the Sanussi movement27; and Algeria, with Abdel Qadir and the Qadiriyya movement fighting French colonialism.28 Syria Paul Pinto explains that Sufis have a long history in Syria, and in particular, have had many interactions with the political leadership – with this rela- tionship between Sufis and the state including “both collaboration and re- sistance to the state .	cache/ajiss-317.pdf	txt/ajiss-317.txt