amadou Niang is a young and talented religious singer who was born and raised in Ndande Fall. Contrary to what many people think, he does not come from a family of religious singers.
Mamadou Niang is the founder of the group “Géwou Naby”. Very young, the religious singer was always interested and inspired by the life and work of the Prophet Muhammad Peace and Salvation on Him. In his career, he met many religious singers. The consecration was his meeting with the family of Cheikh Mbaye Ndiaye Samb including Cheikh Sadibou Samb who is a famous religious singer of the Khadre community, with whom he worked for many years. He also learned a lot by his side.
RELIGION
[ PROHET MOHAMET (PSL) ] – The author of the cartoons on the prophet, Kurt Westergaard is dead

The famous Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard died on Wednesday 14 July 2021. According to information provided by his family, the one who is known all over the world, in spite of himself, for having caricatured the Prophet Muhammad (PSL), died at the age of 86 following a long illness.His work on the prophet, in the name of freedom of expression, sparked several violent demonstrations around the world, particularly in Muslim countries in February 2006.
Kurt Westergaard, the Danish cartoonist, author of the cartoons on the prophet Mohamet (PSL), is no longer. His family announced his death at Berlingske, the country’s leading conservative daily, on Wednesday 14 July 2021, after a long illness.His name is known in all the Muslim countries that have blamed him for touching the most important symbol of Islam. The cartoon in question, entitled “The face of Muhammad” and published by the conservative Danish daily Jyllands-Posten in September 2005, showed the prophet with a turban shaped like a bomb. This image shocked the Muslim world and led to a serious foreign policy crisis in Denmark.
Moreover, during the last moments of his life, Kurt Westergaard lived under police surveillance. In 2010, a 28-year-old Somali broke into his home, probably armed with a knife to kill him. But he was finally arrested by the Danish police. As a reminder, in 2015, the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, which had published the cartoon again three years earlier, was the victim of an attack that killed 12 people.
It should be noted that Kurt Westergaard worked at Jyllands-Posten, one of the main Danish dailies, and according to the conservative daily Berlingske, the drawing in question had already been printed once before, without having been the subject of much controversy.
RELIGION
SENEGAL – More than 5 million people took part in the Touba Magal

Studies commissioned by the organizing committee of the great Magal of Touba indicate that 5,875,536 people responded to the call of Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba on Monday, September 4, 2023. The figure is the conclusion of investigations conducted by a team of experts led by Moubarack Lô, economist. In comparison with 2015, the difference is enormous even if, in its time, 4,119,551 pilgrims were counted in the religious city.
Ahmadou Bamba died in 1927 in Diourbel. But his legacy is perpetuated since then by his sons: Serigne Mouhamadou Moustapha Mbacké (1927-1945), El Hadj Falilou Mbacké (1945-1968), Serigne Abdoul Lahat Mbacké (1968-1989), Serigne Abdou Khadr Mbacké (1989-1990), Serigne Saliou Mbacké (1990-2007).
The disappearance in 2007 of Serigne Saliou Mbacké opened the accession of grandsons to the Khalifat: Serigne Mouhamadou Bara Mbacké (2007-2010), Serigne Sidy Moctar Mbacké (2010-2018).
Serigne Mountakha Bassirou Mbacké is the General Caliph of the Mourides since 2018.
The Magal, a Wolof term meaning to pay tribute, celebrate, magnify, is commemorated in memory of this exile which marks the beginning of a sum of hardships borne in conscience by the sheikh, following a pact contracted with his creator.
Each year, tens of thousands of pilgrims take the city of Touba by storm to gather and pray on the occasion of the Magal, which is also a moment of conviviality and hospitality through the ‘Berndae’, these hearty meals served to pilgrims.
RELIGION
NIGER – 7 killed in bandit raids on mosques

Bandits killed seven worshippers praying in two mosques, including the head of a village self-defense group in volatile northern Nigeria, Kaduna State Police announced on September 1, 2023.
Early Friday evening in Ikara district, a dozen members of criminal gangs arrived on motorcycles and opened fire on worshippers from the Saya-Saya community who were praying in a mosque, killing six of them, the state police spokesman said, Mansir Hassan, in a statement issued Saturday.
The attackers then attacked another mosque in a nearby village, where they killed one person and wounded three others, before stealing four motorcycles and disappearing into the bush, he added.
According to Abdulrahman Yusuf, the head of the Say-Saya community, the head of the village self-defence group is among those killed.
“We believe that he was the main target of the attack and that the bandits followed him to the mosque,” added Mr. Yusuf, one of the faithful survivors of the attack.
Kaduna is one of the states in central and northwestern Nigeria regularly bloodied by bandit groups that attack villages, kill and kidnap residents and burn their homes after looting them.
Criminals regularly target mosques and churches where they kidnap worshippers to obtain future ransoms or to avenge their comrades killed or arrested by local self-defence groups who fight them.
The Kaduna authorities are worried about a growing rapprochement between these gangs and jihadist groups that have been fighting the state for nearly 15 years for control of the northeast.
RELIGION
SENEGAL – Mamadou Niang celebrates Prophet Mouhamed PSL in his new single “Yoon Wi”

Mamadou Niang’s new single is entitled “Yoon Wi”. In this title, the religious singer celebrates Prophet Mouhamed Peace and Salvation on Him. He tells with great passion the life and work of the Prophet. The single was made in the studio of the engineer Bass Niane in Béne Barack. In this single, the young religious singer was accompanied by his little brother Moustapha Guèye with whom he formed the group “Guéwou Naby”.
Moreover Mamadou Niang thanks his little brother Moustapha Guèye, Bass Niane, the sound engineer and all the people who participated in the realization and success of his new production. He also thanks all of his fellow religious singers with whom he maintains good relations.
Other projects are underway. After the release of this single, Moustapha Niang plans to make the video. He also wants to promote throughout Senegal. A first album is in the making. His ambition is to meet his fans living in Europe to present this new single that magnifies the Prophet Muhammad Peace and Salvation on Him.

Mamadou Niang welcomes the place of religious singers in Senegalese music who manage to put on great shows at the national level. Singers now recognized as artists and who collect their copyright. According to him his elders in the profession, religious singers fought to allow religious songs to have a prominent place in the society and conscience of Senegalese.
Mamadou Niang wanted to thank his friend and brother Moustapha with whom he forms the group “Guéwou Naby”. Their friendly complicity was manifested through their artistic complicity. It is thanks to the religious singer Sadibou Samb that their relationship has settled. They worked for many years and learned a lot from him.

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