Ahmadu Bamba, Founder of the Muridiyya

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Ahmadu Bambaأحمد بمبا

Approximate dateTouba

A Senegalese Sufi who resisted French rule without taking up arms.

His growing following alarmed the French, who exiled him to Gabon and Mauritania for years. He answered with prayer, work and thousands of verses of devotional poetry, and founded the town of Touba.

What grew out of it?

The Muridiyya and its yearly pilgrimage to Touba, the Grand Magal, draw millions.

Source: history · Wikipedia

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