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The Egyptian Renaissance Party is a Sufi political party in Egypt. [1]
A tariqa is a school or order of Sufism, or specifically a concept for the mystical teaching and spiritual practices of such an order with the aim of seeking haqiqa, which translates as "ultimate truth".
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