Serigne Sidi Moukhtar Mbacké (also spelled Serigne Sidy Muqtar Mbacke; Cheikh Sidy Mokhtar Mbacké) (11 July 1924 – 9 January 2018) was a Senegalese religious leader. He served as the Caliph of the Mouride movement, a large

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

order based in Senegal, from 1 July 2010 until his death on 9 January 2018.

Life

Serigne Sidi Moukhtar Mbacké was the son of Sheikh Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacke (1891-1936), who was the third son of Amadou Bamba. Mokhtar Mbacké became Caliph on 1 July 2010, following the death of his predecessor,

Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacké El Hadji Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacké, or Sheikh Bara Mbacké (c. 1925 – 30 June 2010) was the Grand Marabout of the Mouride movement in Senegal from 2007 until his death in 2010. The movement is prominent outside Senegal as well, ...

. Mbacké was already 85 years old at the time. Cheikh Sidy Mokhtar Mbacké died on 9 January 2018, at the age of 93. He had been in declining health for several months. He was buried in the village of Gouye Mbind.

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