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This is a list of Sufi orders (Tariqas) in Senegal (and also the Gambia). They are active Muslim organizations that can also be found in many other parts of Africa and the Islamic world. Their members are mainly Wolofs, Fulas and Tocouleurs.

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Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal

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members are mainly Wolofs, Fulas and Tocouleurs. The four largest Muslim brotherhoods in Senegal are: The Xaadir (Qādiriyya), the oldest, founded in Baghdad...

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Islam in Senegal

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Senegal, Tall is described as the "most eminent of the Muslim clerical warriors". The marabouts, leaders and sources of guidance in Sufi brotherhoods...

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Marabout

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scholars, both in and out of the Sufi brotherhoods which dominate spiritual life in Senegambia. In the Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal, marabouts are organized...

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Senegal

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accountable by the president. Marabouts, religious leaders of the various Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal, have also exercised a strong political influence in...

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Mouride

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of a Cheikh from the Qadiriyya, the oldest of the Muslim brotherhoods in Senegal. Amadou Bamba was a Muslim mystic and ascetic marabout, a spiritual leader...

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Religion in Senegal

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Ahmadiyya. Though mainstream Muslims see Ahmadis as heretic. Sufism is represented in Senegal by the following brotherhoods: Tijanism, Mouridism, Qadiriyya...

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Layene

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Dakar, Senegal. The Layene brotherhood is the smallest of the Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal and likely numbers between seventy and one-hundred thousand...

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Ibrahim Niass

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Faisal of Saudi Arabia. Sheikh served as the Vice President of the Muslim World League with Faisal as President. Born in 1900 in the village of Tayba Ñaseen...

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Touba

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religious leader Islam portal Senegal portal Mouridism Islam in Senegal Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal Qasida "Population of Touba (population.mongabay.com)"...

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Yoff

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the largest Muslim cemetery serving greater Dakar. Senegal Airlines has its head office on the airport property. At one time Air Sénégal International...

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Ahmad Tijani Ali Cisse

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received Senegal’s distinguished award, the Ordre de Merite. He has been named among the world's 500 most influential Muslims, placing at #23 as of 2012....

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Tourism in Senegal

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Sufi Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal. Visit travel blog The main entrance point is Dakar-Blaise Diagne International Airport. Senegal’s capital city of Dakar...

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Amadou Bamba

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community Biography portal Senegal portal Islam portal Mouride Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal Touba, Senegal Great Mosque of Touba Qasida Ngom, Fallou...

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Tivaouane

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from one of the Serer religious festivals). The influence of the Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal helps to explain the dramatic demographic growth of the city...

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Shia Islam in Senegal

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Shi'i Muslims in Senegal, and have helped to increase the number of Shi'i Muslims in Senegal. Senegal portal Shia Islam portal Islam in Senegal Religion...

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Mame Diarra Bousso

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saint from Senegal. The annual pilgrimage to the site of her death and mausoleum is the only Muslim pilgrimage dedicated to a woman in Senegal. She was...

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List of mosques in Africa

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June 2021. Denise Bouche (1974). "L'école française et les musulmans au Sénégal de 1850 à 1920". Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer (in French). 61...

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Ibrahima Fall

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Mouride Brotherhood. Fall had to supervise all manual works. With the exile of Aamadu Bàmba Mbàkke, Fall's life changed. He moved to Saint-Louis, Senegal, to...

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Omar Saidou Tall

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بن سعيد الفوتي طعل, c. 1794 – 1864 CE), born in Futa Tooro, present day Senegal, was a Senegalese Tijani sufi Toucouleur Islamic scholar and military commander...

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Grand Magal of Touba

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Magal of Touba is the annual religious pilgrimage of the Senegalese Mouride Brotherhood, one of the four Islamic Sufi orders of Senegal. On the 18th of Safar...

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Demographics of Senegal

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(2022 est.) 15,020,945 (July 2018 est.) Muslim 97.2% (most adhere to one of the four main Sufi brotherhoods), Christian 2.7% (mostly Roman Catholic)...

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Tijaniyyah

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of dhikr and poetry chanting and speeches about the life of Muḥammad. Sufism Wazifa Lazimi Salat al-Fatih List of Sufi orders Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal...

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Great Mosque of Touba

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The Great Mosque of Touba (Arabic: الجامع الكبير في توبا, French: Grande Mosquée de Touba) is a mosque in Touba, Senegal. It was founded by Ahmad Bamba...

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Malick Sy

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Ash'arite brotherhood. Born in Gaya, northern Senegal, to a Fulani family, El-Hadji Malick Sy traveled to Mauritania, then to Saint-Louis, Senegal in 1884...

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List of critics of Islam

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He is a strong critic of the powerful Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal, whom he regard as greedy and selfish; and African Muslims and Christians who like...

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Wolof people

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Contemporary Wolofs are predominantly Sufi Muslims belonging to Mouride and Tijaniyyah Islamic brotherhoods. The Wolof people, like other West African...

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Grand Mosque of Dakar

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داكار, French: Grande Mosquée de Dakar) is one of the most important religious buildings in Dakar, Senegal. It is situated on Allée Pape Gueye Fall. Designed...

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