–Please find below the lecture given in The Gambia on January 31st, 2010 by Sherif Mohamed Haydara Al-Jilani, President of the Executive Committee, Qadriyya Association for the Revival of the Sunnah in The Gambia.

Sherif Mohamed spoke about the importance of Muslim unity and highlighted the historical and spiritual significance of Sheikh Abdul-Qadir Al-Jilani (RAA) and his students.

>>Listen to and/or download the lecture (edited to include only original Wolof with English translation); MP3 file, 48 kbps bitrate, 29 minutes duration, 10.6 MB file size:

Sherif Mohamed Haydara Al-Jilani - The Importance of Muslim Unity EDITED

>>Listen to and/or download the lecture (unedited; includes original Wolof with Mandinka and English translations); MP3 file, 48 kbps bitrate, 48 minutes duration, 17.6 MB file size:

Sherif Mohamed Haydara Al-Jilani - The Importance of Muslim Unity UNEDITED

–Please find below the lecture given in The Gambia on January 31st by Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah, Chairman of the Board & Scholar-in-Residence at the Nawawi Foundation.

The title is “African Muslim Roots in Ancient America: Historical Vestiges of the Great Sea Journey of Mansa Kankan Abu Bakr II (ca. 712 H/1312 CE)”.

Here is the accompanying Powerpoint presentation containing Dr. Umar’s speech (edited to include only original English with Arabic translation, both by Dr. Umar) synchronized with the respective slides; 59 minutes duration:

>>Listen to and/or download the lecture (edited to include only original English with Arabic translation, both by Dr. Umar); MP3 file, 48 kbps bitrate, 59 minutes duration, 21.3 MB file size:

Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah - African Muslim Roots in Ancient America EDITED

>>Listen to the lecture (unedited; includes original English with Arabic, Mandinka and Wolof translations); MP3 file, 48 kbps bitrate, 1 hour and 55 minutes duration, 41.7 MB file size:

Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah - African Muslim Roots in Ancient America UNEDITED