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Followers of the Burhaniya order celebrate by lighting candles and chanting in the moulid and mosque of Fatimah al-Nabawiya, Cairo. Lighting candles in local Islamic moulids is a custom borrowed from the Coptic tradition. The dim candlelight represents the spirit of the dead master for Sufis. It also symbolises the believer, who endeavors to spread peace, no matter what the cost.