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rifaiya

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Ri⋅fa⋅ʿi⋅ya

  [ree-fah-ee-yuh]
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–noun Islam.
a band of dervishes who achieved ecstasy during prayer by violent body movements and self-inflicted pain: formed in the 12th century; outlawed in 1925.
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