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The shrine of Abu El Hassan
el shazli |
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At the southwestern border of Wadi
El Gemal
National Park
lays
the shrine of Abu El Hassan el
Shazli , the most famous Islamic
Shrine in the
Eastern
Desert
. El Sazli is one of the figures of
Sufism , he was born in Moraco where
he grow up and became a religious
thinker . ElShazli traveled widely
in his religious quest . He traveled
to
Baghdad
and then
Tunisia
where he lived in a town called
Shazla ( hence his name ) . Then he
moved to Tunis
, where he became a popular figure .
He in Al Attarin Mosque . Then he
moved to
Cairo
and after that to
Upper Egypt
. In 1258 , on his way to perform
pilgrimage eventually traveled to
Egypt
and stayed in
Alexandria
where he preached to
Mecca
Abu el Hassan el Shazli died in Wadi
Homaythara where he is buried . A
shrine was built for him and became
a popular site for the followers of
his school from
Egypt
and North Africa .The Ministry of
Islamic Endowments built the new
Shazli Mosque in 1969 . |
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