Sheikh Bentounès born Khaled Bentounès is the current Sufi Master of the Alawiya Sufi Tariqat which was founded by Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi in Algeria in 1914.
Background
He was born in Mostaganem in 1949.
Career
He was a central influence in the works of Éric Geoffroy. He met with Pope John Paul II in Assisi in 1989.