Editing Caliphate (section)

=== Sufi caliphates ===
In [[Sufism]], [[tariqa]]s (orders) are led by spiritual leaders (''khilafah ruhaniyyah''), the main khalifas, who nominate local khalifas to organise [[zaouia]]s.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Patrick A. |last1=Desplat |first2=Dorothea E. |last2=Schulz |title=Prayer in the City: The Making of Muslim Sacred Places and Urban Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cW5EBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA82 |year=2014 |publisher=Verlag |isbn=978-3-8394-1945-8 |page=82}}</ref> Sufi caliphates are not necessarily hereditary. Khalifas are aimed to serve the ''silsilah'' in relation to spiritual responsibilities and to propagate the teachings of the tariqa.