But if he is summoned, Sufi said Mahathir will comply with the police instructions.
In the end students from various departments presented a peace performance and Sufi Dance.
"At present all the focus, the attention is on the election arrangement, " Sufi told reporters in Islamabad.
Maulana Fazlullah is the son-in-law of radical cleric Sufi Mohammad who led an insurgency in the 1990s.
They are a direct reference to Islamic Sufi poetry in which every stanza is considered a unique entity.
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Mr Ashraf will make a private visit to the shrine of a famous Sufi Muslim saint, in Rajasthan state.
Ajmer in the western state of Rajasthan is famous for the shrine of Sufi Muslim saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.
Sufi Mohamed, the radical cleric who cut the deal on behalf of the militants, was clear about his project.
Countless interest groups, from trade unions to Sufi brotherhoods, throng the political stage.
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The Sufi sheikhs, or holy men, preached that a true Muslim could not tolerate the rule of foreign infidels.
According to Art Keller, Sufi Soap is the Pakistani version of Tide.
Last week in Sehwan, a town in central Sindh, half a million Sufi pilgrims gave a demonstration of this fact.
The name of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, that Sufi saint, is linked in Pakistan with both unshakeable tolerance and unrestrainable agitation.
The grouping consists of the earliest 14th century pre-Mughal Samma period, Tarkhan and Mughal periods (16th-18th century), and miscellaneous (Sufi clusters).
There have also been attacks in Libya against Sufi shrines and mosques that witnesses say were carried out by militant Islamists.
In Senegal the Israelis had offered to help the notable Sufi Muslim town of Touba to build a water and sewage system.
Mr Allawi, himself a Shia Muslim, believes the mystical (or Sufi) tradition must be an integral part of the revival of Islamic civilisation.
Though the Sufi tradition has been widely followed for centuries in South Asia, its hold is weakening as the extremists flex their muscles.
However, Law Minister Ahmad Bilal Sufi indicated that caretaker officials would not defy the Supreme Court if the judges ordered the government to act.
For his second pick, Roe turns to Pakistani artist Abida Parveen, and her song "Baaju Band Khul Khul Jaae" from the compilation titled Sufi.
Argentine pianist Martha Argerich, Sufi singer Abida Parveen, atmospheric electronic duo Goldfrapp and LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy are among the musicians due to appear.
Mahathir's personal assistant Sufi Yusof told CNN Wednesday that the former Prime Minister has not received any notice from the police to have his statements recorded yet.
The manuscripts offend the Salafists less than the tombs or graven images do, though some address the Sufi school of Islam, which they scorn.
When I asked him about it, he laughed, talked about his faith (his children are named after Sufi saints), and turned the car stereo up.
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They have targeted Sufi shrines, which they say they are sacrilegious.
The Sufi tradition was well able to survive in semi-clandestine conditions.
He plays down its Middle Eastern origins and he stresses its diverse sources (Shia and Sufi as well as Sunni) as well as its heterodox innovations.
Its largely peaceful spread and incorporation of local traditions, moreover, led to the development of an African Islam characterized by syncretic Sufi practices, tolerance and moderation.
The targets across Pakistan have been diverse, but several recent bombings have been at the shrines of Sufi saints, like the one Umar was involved in.
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They also insist they have taken action against attacks by Salafists, everywhere from the American embassy to sacred Sufi shrines and art exhibitions deemed to be profane.
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