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New Republic . 04/12/99, Vol. 220 Issue 15, p12-13. 2p. - Publication Year :
- 1999
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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.
- Subjects :
- *MURIDIYAH
*ISLAMIC sects
*MERCHANTS
*AFRICAN American religions
*ARREST
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00286583
- Volume :
- 220
- Issue :
- 15
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New Republic
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 1695104