Berkley Center

“Faith and Development in Focus: Senegal” provides a comprehensive overview of the country’s religious landscape, highlighting its diversity, as well as historical realities and contemporary trends.

Senegal has a distinctive form of Islam, as it has one of the highest—if not the highest—percentages of Sufis among the world’s Muslim-majority countries. Mouridism is an order of Sufi Islam founded in 1882/1883. This report provides a historical overview of Mouridism.