The charismatic, moderate voice of Islam in Mali

A picture of Cheick Haidara from his public Facebook page

Following her update on the Malian crisis, Laurence Deschamps-Laporte highlights the importance of exploring the more moderate voices of Islam in northern Mali. In this post she focuses in on Ançare Dine and its charismatic leader Cheick Haidara, exploring his take on the crisis in Mali, other Muslim groups and the French intervention. Laurence is an MPhil candidate at Oxford Department of International Development.

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