ABSTRACT
Religious movements against homosexuality in Senegal during the 2000s emerged within the context of AIDS control. Created in the early 1980s, this Islamic organisation became the first religious structure to get involved in the fight against AIDS in Senegal at the end of the decade. While in some African countries, religious movements against homosexuality result from transnational networks that US-based organisations use to import their struggle to Africa; in others, national issues explain how positions on the topic are adopted. The Collective of Senegalese Islamic Associations (CAIS) and specifically the Imam Massamba Diop, then vice president of Jamra, called for placing the matter at the heart of the Friday sermon. The next Friday, the Imam Mbaye Niang, deputy and leader of the Social Development Reform Movement (MRDS), an Islamist opposition political party, held a demonstration despite lack of authorisation from the Prefecture.
