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Serigne Mountakha Mbacké

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Serigne Mountakha Mbacké (born 1930 ) is the current, and eighth, Caliph of the Mouride brotherhood, a large Sufi order based in Senegal . He assumed office in January 2018 after the death of the seventh Caliph, Serigne Sidi Moukhtar Mbacké . He is the oldest grandson of the founder of the brotherhood, Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba , who died in 1927, and the son of Serigne Mouhamadou Bassirou Mbacké ibn Khadim Rassoul. Qui est Serigne Mountakha Bassirou, nouveau calife général des mourides du Sénégal?

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