Allamah "Sheikh Ahmad Yahya", a senior Mauritanian Shiite cleric and member of the General Assembly of the Ahlulbayt (AS) World Assembly passed away.

The Times of Israel Mauritania's mufti says Iran's influence 'worse than Zionism' The Times of Israel Mauritania , a desert country in Africa, has a population of slightly over 4 million people. The residents are overwhelmingly Sunni. Predominant minorities include several thousand Catholics and a small but influential Sufi minority.