Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi

Founder of the Sanusi order

Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi (Arabic: محمد بن علي السنوسي; full name Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Sanūsī al-Mujāhirī al-Ḥasanī al-Idrīsī; 1787 or 1791–1859), also known as Sīdī Muḥammad al-Sanūsī, was an Algerian Muslim theologian, religious leader, and mystic who founded the Sanūsīya order in 1837. He sought to combine orthodox Islamic practice with mystical attainment, placing particular emphasis on dhikr, and the movement he founded subsequently became an important religious and political force in North Africa.

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