Nearly two million people gathers to commemorate the spiritual rank believed to have been attained by Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba, founder of the Mouride Sufi order, during his exile by the French colonial ...

The sight of a million Muslims on pilgrimage usually brings to mind images of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, where the annual hajj brings followers of Islam together from around the world. But last ...

DAKAR: Huge crowds of worshippers converged on Senegal's holy city of Touba on Sunday, as part of the traditional annual celebration of the Mouride brotherhood, a Sufi Islamic order. AFP journalists ...

Touba is Senegal's most sacred city. Every year, hundreds of thousands of Muslims make the journey to Touba, worshipping at the mosque and honouring the memory of Sheikh Amadou Bamba, founder and ...