The Layene (also spelled Layène, Layenne, or Layeen) is a religious brotherhood of Sufi Muslims based in Senegal and founded in 1884 by Seydina Limamou...

colonial capitals (Bamako, Conakry, Abidjan, Brazzaville). Meanwhile, the Layene Sufi order, established by Seydina Mouhammadou Limamou Laye, was thriving...

Mourides, and to a lesser extent, the pan-Islamic Qadiriyyah and the smaller Layene order. Approximately 1% are Shiites. For nearly a millennium, there has...

West Africa, now Senegal. The order is centered in the city of Touba. The Layene are a smaller Sufi order, centered at Yoff north of Dakar. Review of Sufism...

of Sufism Jaririya Jelveti (Jalwatiyya, Celvetîyye) Khufiyya Khwajagan Layene Roshani movement Salihiyya Alevi (Shia) Alians (Shia) Al-Muwaḥḥidūn Al Akbariyya...

Seydina Mouhammadou Limamou Laye (1843–1909) was the founder of the Layene Sufi order. After the death of his mother he declared himself to be the Mahdi...

Administration is devolved to the town, which is essentially run by the Layene Islamic Brotherhood, the town featuring the mausoleum of its founder. As...

Mahmadu Lamine Tivaouane Qadiriyya (Xaadir) Abdul Qadir Gilani Kunta family Layene Seydina Mouhammadou Limamou Laye Yoff Shia Mozdahir Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara...

spiritual capital is at Layene, situated in the Yoff neighborhood of northern Dakar. The largely Lebu religious sect and theocracy, the Layene, are headquartered...

Mahmadu Lamine Tivaouane Qadiriyya (Xaadir) Abdul Qadir Gilani Kunta family Layene Seydina Mouhammadou Limamou Laye Yoff Shia Mozdahir Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara...