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he highlights of the four-day event included a key-note address by the Senegalese Imam Shaykh Hassan Cisse, which concerned the personality of Shaykh Ahmad Tijani, the special characteristics of his Muhammadan Path (Tariqa Muhammadiyya) and the later emergence of such eminent personalities as al-Hajj Umar Futi, al-Hajj Abdoulaye Niasse, al-Hajj Malik Sy and Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse. Shaykh Hassan also was asked to give the concluding remarks for the conference. Other significant addresses included introductory remarks given by Sharif Ibrahim Salih al-Husseini (Nigeria), remarks on the future of the Tijaniyya given by Professor Ibrahim Diop (Senegal), a letter from Shaykh Mansour Sy (Senegal) read by his representative, and a discussion of the Tijaniyya’s role in fostering African unity by Shaykh Uthman Tahir Bauchi (Nigeria). Other primary presenters included Sharif Sidi Tijani Muhammad al-Kabir (Morocco), Shaykh Abdullah al-Mishry (Mauritania), Shaykh Abdussalam Ali Husseini (Egypt), Shaykh Muhammad Kabir al-Ba’aqili (Morocco), Dr. Abd al-Qadir Abu Akri (Sudan), Shaykh Muhammad al-Eid al-Tamasini (Algeria) and Shaykh Zine al-Abidine (Sudan). Interlocutors (mutadakhilin) also called on to speak included Shaykha Maryam Niasse (Senegal), who spoke on women’s education, Shaykh Muhammad al-Amin Niasse (Senegal), Shaykh Munir al-Khaydari (Mali), Shaykh Muhammad al-Hafiz al-Nahwi (Mauritania), Shaykh Khalid Sana (Burkina Faso), Shaykh Ahmad Tijani Ben Omar (Ghana), Hajja Ashaki Taha-Cisse (America), Dr. Aoua Bocar Ly-Tall (Canada), Zakariya Wright (America) and Shaykh Fakhruddin Owaisi (South Africa). The conference was also blessed by the attendance of many noble descendents of the Prophet Muhammad through Shaykh Ahmad Tijani. Other notable scholars in attendance included Shaykh Ahmad bin Muhammad al-Hafiz (Egypt), Shaykh Ahmad Khidr Mahmud (Sudan), Shaykh al-Tayyib Basalaman (Indonesia), Idris al-Busiti (Morocco), Shaykh Hamid Abd al-Rahman (Sudan), Shaykh Abd al-Samad Urizzi (Italy), Imam Sayyid Abdussalam (America) and Muhammad Naveed Tijani (Pakistan), to name but a few. More information can be viewed on the official website for the conference, forumtijaniya.ma/, although the reader should be aware the program was significantly altered from the preliminary information appearing on the site.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:37:01 +0000

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