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The group's comments follow a social media campaign by the students including on Twitter with the hashtag #TakeOffJustLogo.
Sufi Rights describes its objective as providing a voice to Sufis by "protecting the sanctity of their faith" and raising awareness about its misrepresentation.
According to the organisation, the designer has rotated the symbol of the MTO Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism -- two arcs linked in the middle -- by 90 degrees to come up with the one used on his perfume.
The school, which grew out of the Iranian diaspora, has branches in several countries.
The symbol had been "long used by Sufis", Farid Benaissa, one of the movement's organisers told AFP.
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"They (the students) are demanding the withdrawal of all products using their symbol," said Sufi Rights, adding that the demand was based on a refusal to see the sacred character of their faith sullied".
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Source-AFP