Islam is the predominant religion in Senegal. 97 percent of the country's population is estimated to be Muslim. Islam has had a presence in Senegal since the 11th century. Sufi brotherhoods expanded with French colonization, as people turned to religious authority rather than the colonial administration. The main Sufi orders are the Tijaniyyah, the Muridiyyah or Mourides, and to a lesser extent, the pan-Islamic Qadiriyyah and the smaller Layene order. Approximately 1% are Shiites.[1][2][3]
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Islam is the predominant religion inSenegal. 97 percent of the country's population is estimated to be Muslim. Islam has had a presence inSenegal since...
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in continental Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered...
occupy an important place in the daily life of the nation of Senegal. The majority of citizens follow Islam (mainly Sunni Islam). In 2013, 6% of the population...
Shia IslaminSenegal is practiced small number of Senegalese people, as well as by the Lebanese community inSenegal. According to historian Alioune Badiane...
Europe in 92 H/711 CE. Islam gained momentum during the 10th century in West Africa with the start of the Almoravid dynasty movement on the Senegal River...
of Senegal started in 1659 with the establishment of Saint-Louis, Senegal, followed by the French capture of the island of Gorée from the Dutch in 1677...
al-'Islām al-Ḥājj Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥājj ʿAbd Allāh at-Tijānī al-Kawlakhī —was a Senegalese major leader (wolof) of the Tijānī Sufi order of Islamin West...
Tijānī Sufi order. He studied under his father Ali and grandfather Ibrahim inSenegal focusing mostly on Arabic literature and poetry. Thereafter, he went to...
religious leader Islam portal Senegal portal Mouridism IslaminSenegal Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal Qasida "Population of Touba (population.mongabay.com)"...
order of Sunni Islam named after Ahmad al-Tijani. It originated in the Maghreb but now more widespread in West Africa, particularly inSenegal, Gambia, Mauritania...
(Tariqas) inSenegal (and also the Gambia). They are active Muslim organizations that can also be found in many other parts of Africa and the Islamic world...
of Islam. New York: Bloomsbury. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-63286-639-4. Searing, James F. (2002). "God alone is king" : Islam and emancipation inSenegal : the...
Community.Villalón, Leonardo Alfonso (2006). Islamic Society and State Power inSenegal: Disciples and Citizens in Fatick. Cambridge: Cambridge University...
West African ethnic group found in northwestern Senegal, the Gambia, and southwestern coastal Mauritania. InSenegal, the Wolof are the largest ethnic...
The history of Senegal is commonly divided into a number of periods, encompassing the prehistoric era, the precolonial period, colonialism, and the contemporary...
him of all charges. Shia IslaminSenegal is practiced by both native Senegalese people, and the Lebanese community inSenegal. One of their primary leaders...
(commune d'arrondissement), part of the city (commune) of Dakar, located inSenegal. It lies north of downtown Dakar and immediately north of Dakar Airport...
Agriculture is one of the dominant parts of Senegal's economy, even though Senegal lies within the drought-prone Sahel region. As only about 5% of the...
There are various ethnic groups inSenegal. According to "CIA World Factbook: Senegal" (2019 estimates), the ethnic groups are Wolof (39%); Fula (probably...
Islam (/ˈɪzlɑːm, ˈɪzlæm/ IZ-la(h)m; Arabic: ٱلْإِسْلَام, romanized: al-Islām, IPA: [alʔɪsˈlaːm], lit. 'submission [to the will of God]') is an Abrahamic...
Cécile (1994). La Confrérie layenne et les Lébou du Sénégal: Islam et culture tradtionnelle (in French). Bordeaux: Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux:...
leader Djibril Guèye, which became a center for Islamic education and culture under his leadership. InSenegal's Wolof country, especially the northern regions...
business to become Bamba's disciple. In the second version, which is more commonly believed inSenegal, Ibrahima Fall in 1882 went on looking to Aamadu Bàmba...
الفوتي طعل, c. 1794 – 1864 CE), born in Futa Tooro, present day Senegal, was a Senegalese Tijani sufi Toucouleur Islamic scholar and military commander who...
the grand mosque in Touba, Senegal". BBC News. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2014. J. L. Triaud, 'Ṭūbā', in Encyclopaedia of Islam, ed. by P. Bearman...
the thirteenth century, when a group came from the Senegal River valley in the north fleeing Islam, and near Niakhar met another group of Mandinka origin...
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