Senegal inaugurates largest mosque in West Africa
Mouride Brotherhood raises $50m to build mosque in a country where nearly half of the population lives on $2 a day.
A powerful religious group in Senegal has opened West Africa’s largest mosque at a cost of $50m.
It adds to the considerable political and economic influence of the Mouride Brotherhood that is already felt in Senegalese life.
Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from Touba.
Published On 19 Nov 2019