Many Sunni Muslims are members of Sufi brotherhoods. Senegalese women are active in Sufi brotherhoods. The Sufi brotherhoods or tariqas in Senegal are organized in elaborate hierarchies. They are organised in several "tariqa" or brotherhoods. A large number of Sunni Muslims are members of Sufi brotherhoods. In 1872 they ordered Freemasons expelled from lay brotherhoods. The influential and popular mystical orders of the dervish brotherhoods (Tariqa) also were suppressed. Some community associations and modern Mayan brotherhoods use Mayan hieroglyphs as symbols of their groups. The most significant divisions occur along the lines of the Sufi brotherhoods. Among these were a number of Sufi brotherhoods, the Hurufis, Nuqtavis and Musha'sha'iyyah. To help stop the socio-economic deterioration of artisans, brotherhoods, cooperatives and professional organizations were founded. Significantly, religious brotherhoods (organizations) were founded in imitation of Portuguese practices. The members of all the Senegalese brotherhoods claim that their founders were such renewers. Daairas are present in all Senegalese brotherhoods. Numerous brotherhoods have been instituted in his honor.