Tariqa Tijaniyya

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The Tariqa Tijaniyya is a moslem brotherhood/order mostly to be find in North Africa and West Africa.

It is named after Shaikh Sidi Ahmed al-Tijani, born 1737 in Algeria. He died in 1815 and founded the Tijaniyya brotherhood. The spirit of the Tijaniyya was very important for the life of Oumar Taal and therefore for the history of the Haalpulaar nation. Oumar forced the Tijaniyya to become one of the most important brotherhoods in West Africa.

In later days it was Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse, who leaded the Tariqa. Today Ibrahim's grandson Shaikh Hassan Cisse, Chief Imam of the Grand Mosque in Medina Kaolack/Sénégal, is the spiritual guide of the Tariqa.

Searching the web I found a book published in Marrakech, written in French, which gives an excellent and in-deep overview over the history of the Tariqa Tijaniyya and the content of the teaching:

Abdelaziz Benabdella "La Tijânia - Une voie spirituelle et sociale", Marrakech 1999

Last Update 07/June/2004

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