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Senussi
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Senussi, Senusi [sɛˈnuːsɪ]
n pl -sis
(Non-Christian Religions / Islam) a member of a zealous and aggressive Muslim sect of North Africa and Arabia, founded in 1837 by Sidi Mohammed ibn Ali al Senussi (?1787-1859)
Senussian , Senusian adj


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The Government continued to ban the once powerful Sanusiyya Islamic order.
He learned much about the Sanusiyya order, its Sufi origins in the nineteenth century and its role in fighting the Italians and British.
The Government continued to ban the once powerful Sanusiyya Islamic order; in its place, the country's leader, Colonel Mu'ammar Al-Qadhafi, established the World Islamic Call Society (WICS), which is the Islamic arm of the Government's foreign policy and is active worldwide.
 
 
 
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