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	Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They are active Muslim organizations that can also be found in many other parts of Africa and the Islamic world.
		The Xaadir (Qadriyya), the oldest, originally founded by the Sufi mystic Abdul Qadir al-Jilani in the 12th Century, now pan-Islamic, spread to Senegal in the 18th Century.
		The Tijaans (Tidianes), the largest in membership, founded in Fez, Morocco by the Algerian born marabout al-Tijiniyya.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Muslim_brotherhoods_of_Senegal (143 words)

	Touba, Senegal - Sacred Sites - Martin Gray (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Xaadir (Qadriyya) brotherhood, founded in Mauritania, is the smallest and oldest brotherhood in Senegal.
		Bamba was born in the village of Mbacké-Baol and lived from 1850 to 1927.
		The son of a marabout from the Xaadir brotherhood, Bamba was a mystic and ascetic more interested in meditation and Koranic study than in building a theocratic empire.
	www.sacredsites.com /africa/senegal/touba.html (1368 words)

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