Over 40,000 people from all over the world have travelled to Medina Baye, in Koalak, Senegal for the Great Mawlid at the Grand Mosque. The sound of the most wonderful thikr can be heard at all hours of the day and night. The mosque was first built in 1938 by Sheikh Ibrahim Niass May Allah be pleased with him and was officially inaugurated in February 2010 led by Sheikh Imam Tijani Cisse.
