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 One of the few reputable Sufis who knew Sidi Muhammad Al-Jamal was Nurideen Durkee. Sheik Durkee was a distinguished and sincere American Muslim/Sufi Teacher, who knew Sidi long ago in the Seventies, when Sidi was little-known preacher at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Nurrideen had been influential in the establishment of the Lama Foundation and the Dar-Al-Islam community in Abiqui, NM. He was one of the earliest Western students at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, perhaps the most important source of Islamic Theology. In a recent article, Sheik Nurideen attempt to both honor the truths  Sidi taught and to explain the un-Islamic attitudes of the  Ibrahim Jaffee/Energy Healing subgroup that exploited Sidi's status and teaching and substantially co-opted it. Implying that Dr. Jaffe had become Sidi's Heir Apparent. (Which was NOT the case, and the silsila of Sidi has died without anyone, certainly NOT Dr. Jaffee, receiving Sidi's ring. Here we list Sheik Nurideen's obituary of Sidi Mu...