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Senegal is situated on the most westerly part of main land Africa. The first WEC workers arrived in 1936 and worked among the Muslim Fulakunda in the southeast of Senegal. The work expanded to include the Jola tribe in the southwest followed by the Wolof, Toucouleur, Fula and Maure peoples in the north, the majority of whom are Muslim. Senegal became independent from France in 1960, and there remains a close link between the two countries. Senegal is a republic which has a secular constitution and is democratic. The country is one of the most stable in West Africa.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:00 |
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Islam in Senegal
Islam in Senegal is a mixture of Sufi Islam and animism to produce a type of folk Islam unique to Senegal. The problem with Orthodox Islam is that it does not meet the felt needs of this life. A God that is so aloof and unknowable is not very satisfying. The average person wants solutions to the problems he faces day to day, and Orthodox Islam does not provide them. Thus almost from the start of Islam there has been a movement which has sought intimacy with God. This mystical side of Islam is known as Sufism.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:03 |
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