Wednesday, August 20, 2008     | Register

Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Day
Mourid islamic Community of America (Mica) Presents Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Cultural Weeks edition 2008 coinciding with the 20th anniversary of this great Murid event in the US under the leadership of Serigne Mame Mor Mbacke Ibn Serigne Mourtada Ibn Kadimou-r-Rassul.
     
   Read More...


Necrology
“ Inna Lilah wa Innaa Ilayhi Raadjihun” “ To Allah we belong and to Him, will return” Serigne Mamour Drame’s passing on May 8th , 2008 in Prokhane, Senegal,and was put to rest to his last abode in TOUBA.He will leave a void in the heart of all the people who have known him, befriended him or just heard him over RMI with Maleye during the Goudi Adjouma lectures he was joyfully gratifying to the Muslim community in New York And vicinity and particularly to his Murid audience.
   Read More...


Words of Wisdom

 “Allah is the Giver and happiness is for those who follow the path of piety.”

 Thought of the Month

One day a man paid visit to the Shaykh and put forward his request as would do any visiting person. he said “Shaykh only three things scare me to death” and the Shaykh answered” So you have to do three things to remediate them” and asked him what they are. Here’s their conversation.  

-loneliness is a scary thing to me

-Read the Qur’an all the time.
-Shaykh, the only thought of being poor frightens me
-Always share with others what is in your possession
-Shaykh, a short life span is another obsession to me
- Follow your Lord’s recommendations and don’t do wrong to your fellowman.
 &   Read More...


Video List
Photo Catalog
Who is online
MembershipMembership:
Latest New UserLatest:yelandiaye
New TodayNew Today:0
New YesterdayNew Yesterday:1
User CountOverall:438
People OnlinePeople Online:
VisitorsVisitors:47
MembersMembers:0
TotalTotal:47
Online NowOnline Now:
Links

"THE MOTIVE OF MY DEPARTURE TO EXILE IS THE WILL OF GOD TO ELEVATE MY RANK AND TO MAKE ME THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN  MY PEOPLE AND THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH)"                   " I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU,YOU HAVE HEARD MY WORDS.I HAVE LEFT WRiTTEN SCRIPTS TO YOUR ATTENTION, I HAVE ACTED UNDER YOUR EYES; MY LIFE IS MY MESSAGE" SHAYKH AHMADOU BAMBA.                        SHAYKH AHMADOU BAMBA CULTURAL WEEKS  IN THE US AND CANADA , EDITION 2008 STARTING JULY 19TH : 20th ANNIVERSARY ; DEDICATED TO SERIGNE IBRAHIMA MBACKE IBN KHADIMOU-R-RASSOUL...NY, WASHINGTON DC, CHICAGO, DETROIT,CINCINNATI, L.A, RALEIGH, ATLANTA, MONTREAL... LIVE WEBCASTING OF MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES TROUGHOUT THE US FROM THE ARRIVAL OF SERIGNE MAME MOR JULY 19TH TO HIS DEPARTURE AUGUST 17TH ,HOSTED BY MICA .                               ARE YOU A BUSINESS OWNER? DO YOU NEED COMMERCIAL DURING OUR LIVE WEBCASTING? SIMPLY CONTACT US FOR YOUR PARTIAL OR FULL BUSINESS COMMERCIAL AND ADVERTISEMENT CONTACT US AT 646 241 5152/212 300 3312/ 202 391 4155 OR EMAIL US: SCK@TOUBAUSA.COM  Learn Tawheed,Tassawuf, Fiq, (the three degrees of Faith) by listening to Sopey Sheikhoul Khadim live Radio Broadcast, every Thursday, starting March 27th, 2008, on WPAT 930 AM (11PM-12AM)or by clicking on the Online Radio link.If you have any question regarding the ongoing program or any topic related questions you can reach us at : 845-309-2655.

The cultural commission will begin the wollof translation , God's willing, of  "Tazzawoudou Cighar"  by Shaykh Ahamdou Bamba about Tawheed,starting Thursday May 15th, 2008.   
SCK Ads
Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba USA Cultural Weeks 2008
Live TV

 

 

US TOUR SCHEDULE

Serigne Mame Mor Mbacke Ibn Serigne Mourtada Mbacke annual visit to the US, organized by MICA ( Murid Islamic Community in America) is to begin July 19th, 2008. His arrival is to be considered as the first step marking the beginning of Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba Cultural Weeks in NYC, and other cities throughout the US.This 2008 edition will be celebrated especially for it marks the 20th anniversary of this event since July 28th was recognized as Cheikh Ahmadu Bamba Day in the city of New York thanks to the relentless and unequaled diplomatic talents of the late Cheikh Mourtada Mbacke Ibn Khadimu-r-Rassul who was the beacon, in his lifetime, of Islam and the Muridiya

 

   Read More...


Headline News
One Day Conference at Schomburg Center

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (Harlem, New York) is hosting a conference on “Globalizing Mystical Islam: Exploring the Murid Diaspora in North America and Europe”, convened by Professor Cheikh Anta Babou, on May 24th, 2008 starting 9:00 am.
Co-organized by the Murid Islamic Community in America; sponsored by the African Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania and the Institute of African Studies of Columbia University.
The conference comes in straight line with the closing ceremony of the exposition on Sufi Urban Arts in Senegal
Internationally acclaimed professors, historians, anthropologists, sociologists and specialists of Sufi Islam, will be presenting research papers on Islam and Globalization and on the dynamics of the Muridiyya brotherhood (Past, Present and Future), its religious aspects in global terms and perspectives.
 
 

  Globalizing Mystical Islam: Exploring the Murid Diaspora in Europe and North America.
 
 
                     Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
 515 Malcolm X Boulevard (at West 136 street) New York
                                  
                                     Conference Program
                                               
9:00-9:15   Registration and Breakfast Reception
9:15-9:30   Greetings and Opening Remarks by Imam Bachir Lo
 
                           Morning Sessions
9:30-12:30: Multiple Spaces, Multiple Strategies: Murid Disciples in the Global Public Sphere.
                      Victoria Ebin, Population Reference Bureau in Washington DC
                 Documenting the Murids’ Arrival in New York City: Perspectives from the 1980s.
                 Mbaye Lo, Duke University
                Contextualizing Muridiyya within the American Muslim Communities: Perspectives on Past, Present and Future.
                 Emma Nesper, UCLA
                  Digital Disciples, Virtual Piety and Mediated Knowledge: An Analysis of the  Murid Migration into Cyberspace.
         Ellen Foley, Clark University
         Hôpital Matlaboul Fawzaini: How the Murid Diaspora is Remaking the Medical
         Landscape in Senegal.
                    Chair: Mamadou Diouf, Columbia University
12:30-2:00  lunch break
                                         
                                                    Afternoon sessions
2:00-3:30   Emerging Patterns of Globalization: Symbols and Discourses
                 Eric Ross, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco
                 Touba: Global City
                 Mamaram Seck, University of Florida
                 The Murid discourse Here and There, Then and Now.
                 Cheikh A. Babou, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
                 Globalizing the Muridiyya: Sheikh Abdoulaye Dieye and the Khidmatul Khadim International Sufi School.
                 Chair: Muhammad Abdu Rahman, the Islamic Research Institute, and the Graduate Theological Foundation.
3:30-5:00 Inserting the Local into the Global: Implications for Gender and Generations
                    Dinah Hannaford, Emory University
                Exploring Alternate Social Networks: the Role of the Dahira in Northern Italy.
                    Beth Buggenhagen, Indiana University
               Global Circuits of Senegalese Muslims and Women’s Search for Religious Merit.
                    Erin Augis, Ramapo College, New Jersey
               Dakar's Sunnite women: The Dialectic of Submission and Defiance in a Globalizing City.
                   Chair: Sylviane Diouf, Schomburg Center
7:00 Reception for the participants
                      For more information contact the conference organizer Cheikh A. Babou, cheikh@sas.upenn.edu or the coordinator Sidy A. Ndiaye sidyn@yahoo.com
 You must be a registered subscriber in order to view this Article.
To learn more about becoming a subscriber, please visit our Subscription Services page.
Written By: Administrator Account
Date Posted: 5/1/2008
Number of Views: 282
Return
An error has occurred.
Error: Unable to load the Article Details page.

 
Affectionately called El Hadji Bara, he is the namesake of Serigne Muhamadu Lamine Bara MBACKE Ibn Khadimu-r-Rassul, for he came to this world when the latter was visiting Serigne Muhamadu Fadilou Mbacke. His father entrusted him to his namesake at an early age, who gave him an excellent education. Moreover he taught him the Quran and consequently calligraphy writing style.
From the same source his excellent training in religious sciences was completed. After spending many years with the later he returned to his father in order to follow his spiritual training. At 82 years old Serigne Bara is the sixth Caliph of Muridiyya since the passing of the late Serigne Saliou Mbacke ( May Allah increase his favors) on December 28th , 2oo8.  
Following his father’s steps with regard to Serigne Touba, he traded in with him his filial bond with that of an exceptional disciple. He was his right-hand-man. He was also well known for his loving care and indescribable affection for his father and spiritual guide.
He became soon committed to his father’s service; he has played several roles as his official representative, or right hand man in many tasks requiring tact, honesty and commitment. He has performed several times the Umra (little pilgrimage) in Mecca, very fluent in Arabic and French, Serigne Bara is also well known for his insightfulness and open-mindedness.
He has a great spirit of organization; his skills have been put to the tests on several occasions as the leader of Serigne Fallou’s family. Very entrepreneurial, he was very close to Serigne Saliou and has been even been his chauffeur for seven years. In the same way he had tight relationships with Serigne Abdu Qadr Mbacke and would escort him to lead Friday mass prayer at the Grande Mosquee of Touba.
Serigne Muhamadu Lamine Bara was well renowned through his remarkable interventions in the farms of Serigne Saliou Mbacke in Khelcom, with his disciples and the entire family of Serigne Fallou Mbacke (clearing the fields, maintenance or harvesting). He is well known for his regular attendance of Friday Mass prayers at the Grande Mosquee since its grand opening of the on Friday June 7, 1963. His kind-heartedness, generosity and sincerity are well known.
Serigne Bara Mbacke is very attached to the family of Khadimu-r-Rassul and has great respect, gratitude and exemplary devotion for his predecessors and wants to be the worthy successor of the message of Serigne Touba.
Hard working and great unifier, Serigne Bara has always been working for the perpetuation of Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba legacy. Since he ascended the caliphate he took the Kazzu Rajab celebration to a more significant level, with the support of his brothers, family and disciples.
May Allah (SWT), by the grace of the Elected (Pbuh), the benediction of his illustrious grand-father Cheikhoul Khadim, and the Baraka (favors) of his spiritual master, Serigne Fallou Mbacke, give him a longer life and ultimately give a happy ending to all his projects.
 
Source: Serigne Modou Mamoune Niang (Touba Rajab 1424)
Photo Album

bamba-1.jpg

Live Radio
alradio.jpg

Problem listening the radio? Use alternate links below by clicking on the player of your choice.
Academic Publications

Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, Pr Cheikh Anta Babou has been the key note speaker at SCK last November university.He has been brillant in his presentation of this masterpierce about Muridiyya and has taken the opportunity to express his deep gratitude for being the guest of SCK for an expose of his book which is the outcome of sixteen years of research on the subject, as he said. He has pleasantly autographed scores of books that were sold out by the end of his presentation, at SCK front store ,that needs to refurbish its stock of books.

   Read More...


Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba Day
Words Of Wisdom

“You will not enter paradise until you have faith; you will not complete faith until you love one another.” Muslim

“He, who wishes to enter Paradise at the best gate, must please his father and mother.” Bukhari & Muslim

“I am leaving two things amongst you, and if you cling to them firmly you will never go astray; one is the Book of Allah and the other one is my way of life.” Farewell Pilgrimage: Muatta

 “Allah is One and likes Unity.” Muslim

“The best of alms is that which the right hand gives and the left hand knows not of.” Bukhari

 “The perfect Muslim is not a perfect Muslim, who eats till he is full and his neighbors hungry.” Ibn Abbas: Baihaqi

 
   Read More...


Upcoming Live Events
You can watch  these upcoming events live from Toubausa online TV . 
  • Lecture at Keur Serigne Touba, NY starting after Asr prayer 
  • Shaykh Ahmadu bamba Day, Wash DC, Saturday July 26th. starting 9:00AM(EST)
  • Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba Day, New York July 28th , 2008.starting 10:00 AM
  • SCK July University Tuesday 29th starting 8 PM
  • Kazzu Rajab starting 10 PM
  • Starting today: SCK series of Conferences (July 30th-August 7th), live webcast starting 5 PM

 

These events are subject to change.You will be notified of any update.   



Video List
Feedbacks



Cancel  Send
Prayer Times
Gregorian/Hijra calendar

Copyright 2007 by Daara Sopey Cheikhoul Khadim   |  Privacy Statement  |  Terms Of Use