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Morocco Gifts Quran Copies to Senegal

10:22 - April 27, 2015
News ID: 3210191
TEHRAN (IQNA) - Morocco's Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs gifted collections of Quran copies to Muslim families and followers of various Sufi orders in Senegal.


According to minara website, the copies of the Divine Book have been published by Muhammad Al-Sadis Institute.

The collections were gifted to the followers of Qadiriyya and Muridiyya orders in Touba city as well as Sufis in the cities of Kaolack and Dakar.

In Senegal, 92% of Muslims belong to a Sufi brotherhoods, more than any Muslim population in the world. The two largest orders are the Tijaniyyah and the Muridiyyah or Mourides, although the pan-Islamic Qadiriyyah and the smaller Layene brotherhood are also represented in parts of the country.

The Qadiriyyah is the smallest and oldest brotherhood in Senegal. It was introduced in the 18th and 19th century by missionaries from Mauritania and the Niger Bend. It was one of the earliest philosophical schools of thought in Islam.

The order, with its many offshoots, is widespread, particularly in the Arabic-speaking world, and can also be found in Turkey, Indonesia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Balkans, Russia, Palestine, China, East and West Africa.

Muridiyya is a large Islamic Sufi order most prominent in Senegal and the Gambia, with headquarters in the holy city of Touba, Senegal. The followers are called Mourides, from the Arabic word murīd (literally "one who desires"), a term used generally in Sufism to designate a disciple of a spiritual guide.

The Mouride make up around 40 percent of the total population in Senegal.

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Tags: quran ، morocco ، senegal ، sufi ، muslim
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