Good Government and Brotherhoods

[From the French language press]:

"Le rôle des confréries religieuses dans la stabilité économique et sociale du Sénégal". C’était le thème d’une conférence publique animée par le guide religieux et intellectuel sénégalais, Mansour Sy Djamîl, ce jeudi, à la salle de conférence de la librairie Clair Afrique de l’Ucad à Dakar.

Par Khalifa Ababacar DIOP, "Démocratie et bonne gouvernance : la solution par les confréries" - African Global News - Dakar, Sénégal; vendredi 27 juin, 2008

"The role of religious brotherhoods in the economic and social stability of Senegal." It was the subject of a public lecture hosted by the Senegalese religious guide and intellectual, Mansour Sy Djamîl, on Thursday, in the conference room of the library Clair Afrique of Ucad in Dakar.

For Serigne Mansour Sy Djamîl the leadership of religion in the world is such as to justify the debate on the role of religious brotherhoods in Senegal today.

This is all the more true that he himself has already been invited to Columbia University in New York (USA) to deal with the theme: "Tolerance, democracy and religious brotherhood or Sufi order."

That conference, said the Shaykh, registered 11 papers from eminent personalities among whose the Senegalese Souleymane Bachir Diagne and focused on Senegal.

The interest stemmed from the fact that Senegal is one of the few countries with a large Muslim population (over 90%) governed by democratic institutions where it is accepted that religious brotherhoods play a crucial role in the establishment of a tolerant and democratic society.

For him, therefore, since the Americans spent two days on the topic, it was crucial to organize this conference in an African university or in any case in Senegal.

Having raised the debate in these terms, Mansour Sy has addressed several topics during the conference.