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David Korfhage tweeted this excellent story<\/a> about Sufism in Pakistan. \u00a0Sufism is the most popular form of Islam in Pakistan but the Taliban increased its attacks on Sufism two years ago because it did not feel that Sufis practiced the correct form of Islam. The video embedded in the story<\/a> is particularly good.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"