Chérif Ousmane Madani Haïdara
Malian religious leader
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Sheikh Chérif Ousmane Madani Haïdara is a religious figure in Mali who has been the president of the High Islamic Council of Mali since April 2019.[1][2] He is a follower of the Maliki school of Islam[3] and a Sufi.[4]
In 1991, Haïdara established the Sufi-based Islamic movement Ansar Dine (also written Ançar Dine) - not to be confused with the terrorist organization Ansar Dine operating in the north of Mali.[3] The movement is strong in southern Mali, the Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso,[3] and with Malian diaspora.
