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Every generation has those who will not allow themselves to be silenced or controlled

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sounding an inescapable knell despite desperate and defiant acts of resistance

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The Principles of Sufism POLITICAL SCIENCE / Commentary & Opinion and an understanding of ‘archive’'A'ishah al Ba'uniyyah of Damascus was one of the great women scholars in Islamic history. Born into a prominent family of pious scholars and Sufi devotees, 'A'ishah received a thorough religious education and memorized the Quran at age eight. A mystic and a prolific poet and writer, she composed more works in Arabic than any other woman before the twentieth century. Yet despite her extraordinary literary and religious achievements, 'A'ishah al