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Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn to battle the evil in others by helping their higher selves gain control of their lower selves.
Feisal Abdul Rauf
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Feisal Abdul Rauf
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 23
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