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Vol 67 No 10

Published 15th May 2026


Mali

Mahmoud Dicko: Mali’s Sharia strategist

‘We will not be able to truly live our Islam until the lay character of the state is removed. We are not free in Mali.’ At the fifth African Conference for Peace in Nouakchott in January 2025, imam Mahmoud Dicko, in his trademark white shawl, renewed his push for Sharia in Muslim-majority African states. With Mali 95% Muslim, his message was aimed as much at Bamako as at his audience.

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