Multiple choice

Muslim mystics who sought communion with God through meditation and fasting were called

  1. Sunnis

  2. Shiites

  3. Sufis

  4. Shaha

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Sufis are practitioners of Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam that emphasizes personal spiritual experience, asceticism, and direct communion with God. Sunnis and Shiites represent the two main political and theological branches of Islam, rather than a mystical movement.