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- Author
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Hecht, David
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MURIDIYAH , *ISLAMIC sects , *MERCHANTS , *AFRICAN American religions , *ARREST - Abstract
Focuses on Senegal's Mourides, a Sufi Muslim brotherhood, and their role as street merchants in Western cities including New York City. Estimate of the percentage of street merchants arrested in New York who are Mourides; Precepts followed by Mourides, followers of Amadou Bamba; Center of Mouride life in the city; View that increasing number of African Americans are getting converted to Mouride; Comment on Bamba's message in the context of Mouride; Conditions in Touba, Senegal, holy city for Mourides.
- Published
- 1999