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Malian clergy seen as fourth branch of government
Islamic clerics can serve as a moralizing check on government and as counselors to political leaders
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Malian refugees gather to welcome Burkina Faso s foreign minister during his visit to the Goudebou refugee camp near Dori, Burkina Faso, on March 11, a year after Malian refugees fled under threat of jihadist attacks. (Photo: AFP)
Malians have come to see the African nation s Islamic clergy as a fourth branch of government in a country that has been buffeted by two coups in the past decade, said a professor from the University of Notre Dame who spent two years between the coups surveying Malians attitudes on war, peace and politics.