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With the passing of Noor Ali Tabandeh, the old conflict between jurists and Sufis over hadiths condemning Sufism has resurfaced. Applying these hadiths to the Gonabadi dervishes rests on a fallacy of equivocation and prejudice; its foundation is built on a crumbling cliff—a hostile stance toward Sufis.
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