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Uways al-Barawi — English Wikipedia

English Wikipedia article on Sheikh Uways al-Barawi (1847–1909), the Somali scholar credited with reviving Islam in 19th-century East Africa; its infobox gives his jurisprudence as Shafi'i and his creed as Qadiriyya, Uwaysiyya, and its text recounts his studies in Baghdad under Mustafa b. Salman al-Jilani, his return in 1883, his leadership of the Qadiriyya in Somalia, and his killing by the Dervishes in 1909.

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