The West African gnawa is another form, and Sufis from Indonesia to Afghanistan to Morocco have made music central to their practices. Some of the Sufi orders have taken an approach more akin to puritan forms of Islam, declaring music to be unhelpful to the Sufi way.
Another manifestation of West African gnawa exists alongside other forms practiced by Sufis from Indonesia to Afghanistan and Morocco. Certain Sufi groups have taken a puritan stance towards Islam, viewing music as detrimental to their spiritual practices.