>>Please acquaint yourself with Mohammed and his followers -
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/>
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>Modernization has never been easy.
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>I think that website applies more to Shia and Sunnis than Sufists.
The distinction you are a making is quite correct and appropriate and will undoubtedly be lost in a discussion that will always be more comfortable with generalities but an important point nonetheless.
There's a lot of wisdom out there - it's adjusting the signal to noise ratio that's tough <s>
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