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Dec 2024
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#91 Filip Holm - What is Sufism? Islam a...

Alex J O'Connor
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Filip Holm is the creator and host of "Lets Talk Religion", a YouTube channel which aims to educate on the subject of religion from an academic perspective.

He joins the show to discuss Sufism, which can broadly be defined as the mystical tradition within Islam.

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