Sheikh Bentounès born Khaled Bentounès is the current Sufi Master of the Alawiya (officially Shadhiliyah-Darqawiya-Alawiya) Sufi Tariqat which was founded by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi in Algeria in 1914.
This day was unanimously declared by all 193 member states of the United Nations on 8 December 2017.
[citation needed] An actor of Interfaith dialogue the Sheikh Bentounès founded the Muslim Scouts of France which headed the entire Fédération du Scoutisme Français until 2012.
He met with Pope John Paul II in Assisi in 1989.
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