Is Sufism answer to extremism in Egypt?

Egyptian Sufi Muslims practice ritualized Zikr (invocation) to celebrate the New Islamic Hijri year 1438 in front of al-Hussein mosque at Al-Azhar district in old Islamic Cairo, Egypt October 2, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RTSQGCU

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The remains of the Sheikh Zewaid shrine is seen after it was blown up by Islamist extremists following the revolution, at a graveyard in Sheikh Zewaid city, in north Sinai, March 7, 2012. Islamist extremists who believe in the strict application of Islam blew up the Sheikh Zewaid tomb, a landmark shrine for one of the early Muslims to arrive in Egypt, after local Sufis who believe in the holiness of the Sheikh used to practice their rituals beside it. To match Insight EGYPT-SINAI Picture taken March 7,

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Is Sufism answer to extremism in Egypt?

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