英语翻译By Jade Heilmann Dakar31 December 2007Hundreds of thousa

英语翻译
By Jade Heilmann
Dakar
31 December 2007
Hundreds of thousands of followers of the Mouride religion have flocked to the holy city of Touba,Senegal,to mourn the death of their spiritual leader Serigne Saliou Mbacké.The 92-year-old Caliph of the Mourides,a brotherhood of the Muslim faith,died Friday.President Abdoulaye Wade declared three days of national mourning,ending Monday.Jade Heilmann reports from the holy city of Touba.
Followers of the Mouride Muslim brotherhood waited in one-half kilometer lines to visit the grave of their spiritual leader Caliph Serigne Saliou Mbacké.
President Abdoulaye Wade made the journey from the Senegalese capital of Dakar on the day of Caliph Mbacke's death.
Falau Badiane is a Talibé,or disciple of the brotherhood.He traveled from Mbadiane to pay his respects.
Speaking Wolof,he explains he feels the country is panicked by the death of their leader,the last living son of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba,who founded the Mouride brotherhood in the 1880s.
He says he still has faith in their new caliph,who is the grandson of the Mouride founder,because he is from the same family.The new caliph is Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacke.
The late Caliph Mbaké was responsible for helping Touba grow from a small rural village to a city that now has a population of more than one million.He also led one of the biggest peanut plantations in Senegal,on land given by the government,and a network of hawkers,many of whom sell handbags and sunglasses and other petty goods,mostly with fake brands,in Europe and the United States.
Part of the profits from this global network are sent back to Touba and have helped fund the holy cities' growth.
In the city's palatial grand mosque,another Talibé who goes by his brotherhood branch's name,Baye Fall,expresses his sadness over his leader's death.
He explains the teaching of the marabout,as the sect's religious teachers are known,simply asked his followers to work and be pious.He says he,like all Baye Fall members,works in the marabout's fields.
These teachings have earned the Mourides great religious,economic and political power.The majority of Senegalese political officials had to seek the endorsement of Mbacké.
President Wade is a follower.
The marabouts' teachings are often learned at an early age at Koranic schools.Their education focuses on religious texts,but also on physical labor.
Sitting in a circle on the floor of the grand mosque,young boys chant prayers for their late leader.
Many followers believe the death of their caliph is the beginning of a new era.Some have named it the era of the grandson.

楼上用的是软件翻译,不准确!我的翻译
Jade Heilmann编写
达喀尔(塞内加尔首都)
2007年12月31日
成千上万的Mouride宗教信徒纷纷涌至塞内加尔,图巴的圣城去悼念他们的精神领袖Serigne Saliou Mbacké之死.这位92岁有着虔诚的Mouride信仰的穆斯林教教徒哈里发,
在星期五早上逝世.瓦德总统宣告为期3天的举国哀悼,于星期一结束.Jade Heilmann从图巴圣城报道.
穆斯林兄弟会（宗教性的）的信徒们排着长达500米的队伍,仅仅为了见他们的精神领袖哈里发一面.
在哈里发逝世当天,瓦德总统就从塞内加尔首都达喀尔出发.
Falau Badiane是个古兰经学徒,又称为兄弟会门徒.他从Mbadiane出发以表示尊重.
说着沃洛夫语,这个国家正在因为他们的领袖之死而陷入一片恐慌之中.哈里发在19世纪80年代创立Mouride兄弟会,是Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba最后一位在世的儿子.
他说他仍然对Mouride的创立者的孙子,他们的新一任领袖,怀有信心.因为他来自同一个家族.新领袖是Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacke.
已故的哈里发承担着帮助农村从一个小村庄发展到一个现在已经有超过百万人口的城市的责任.他还率领塞内加尔最大的花生种植园之一,由政府给予土地,以及小贩网络,其中许多人销售假冒品牌大多与在欧洲和美国,手袋和太阳眼镜等小物品.
这个全球网络的一部分利润会被送回图巴,并资助了这些圣城的发展.
在这个城市的富丽堂皇的大清真寺,另一位古兰经学徒,以他的兄弟会分支Baye Fall的名义,表达对领袖逝世的深切哀悼.
他解释了marabout教学,就像教派的宗教老师知道的那样,仅仅是让他的追随者工作,并虔诚.他说,他像所有Baye Fall成员一样,在marabout的领域工作着.
这些教诲已经赢得了Mourides很大部分的宗教,经济和政治实力.塞内加尔政治官员的大部分不得不寻求Mbacké认可.
瓦德总统是一个信徒.
人们通常从小就在古兰经学校学习marabout,他们的教育不但侧重于宗教经文,而且也针对体力劳动.
围成一个圆圈坐在大清真寺地板上,年轻的男同学已故领导人高唱祈祷.
众多的追随者相信他们的哈里发死亡是一个新时代的开始.有些人将它命名了孙子的时代.