Je Suis un Oiseau

[From the French language press]:
"Je suis un oiseau. Ce corps était ma cage. Mais je me suis envolé, le laissant comme un signe."
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (m. 1111 AD)

El Hadji Ndiogou Niang, le pdt de l’Union pour le progrès islamique du Sénégal s’est éteint à Paris le mercredi 15 avril 2009. Il est parti serein, le sourire aux lèvres et le visage lumineux.

Par Dr. Daouda Ndiaye, "El Hadji Ndiogou Niang, le pdt de l’Union pour le progrès islamique du Sénégal s’est éteint à Paris" - Le Quotidien - Dakar, Sénégal - Mardi 26 mai 2009


"I am a bird. This body was my cage. But I flew, leaving it as a sign. "
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111 AD)

El Hadji Ndiogou Niang, President of Upis, the Union for Islamic progress in Senegal, died in Paris on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. He left serene, smiling, with a radiant face.

He was born in Tivaouane on the 21st October, 1946. Founding member of Upis, he created through it 968 schools, attended so far by 36'875 pupils. Koranic schools as well as French-Arab schools, they also offer professional training.

By inviting the Cardinal Thiandoum to the inauguration of the Kindergarten of the Islamic Upis, and more generally to other ceremonies he showed, like the members of his organization, that interreligious dialogue could be a source of wealth and peace.

May Allah the Almighty, through consideration for the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and Shaykh Ahmed Chérif Tidjani (ra), his spiritual master, welcome him in Paradise!
(Amen!)