Serigne Mountakha Mbacké (born

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on J ...

) is the current, and eighth,

Caliph A caliphate ( ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with Khalifa, the title of caliph (; , ), a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of ...

of the

Mouride The Mouride brotherhood (, ''aṭ-Ṭarīqat al-Murīdiyyah'' or simply , ''al-Murīdiyyah'') is a large ''tariqa'' (Sufism, Sufi order) most prominent in Senegal and The Gambia with headquarters in the city of Touba, which is a holy city for t ...

brotherhood, a large

Sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

order based in

Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

. 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 Sheikh Amadou Bamba (1853–1927), also known to followers as the Servant of the Messenger () and Serigne Touba or "Sheikh of Touba", was a Sufi saint and religious leader in Senegal and the founder of the Mouride Brotherhood (the ''Muri ...

, 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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Living people Mouride caliphs People from Touba, Senegal 21st-century caliphs 1930 births {{Sufism-stub