More hereMany traders are members of the Mouride brotherhood, a branch of African Sufi Islam which has become Senegal's most influential religious, political and economic force.A unique mix of militant capitalism and moderate Islam, its central doctrine of hard work as a means to paradise has led thousands to leave Senegal's sunny shores with one goal -- to earn money and send it back to the holy city of Touba.
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Why is it that that in Africa when people work hard towards community upliftment and a better life , it's funding of a muslim brotherhood , in the west it's called the American dream ?
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