The Great Exhibition on Mouridism aims to emulate, in terms of its universal nature, the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations which took place at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London in 1851. The Great Exhibition on Mouridism aims to show just how universal the Muslim community (Ummah) is one indivisible community. A unity beyond borders and time, a unity which goes 
beyond trends and movements derived from the four Schools of Thought, and united around one universal message. It is a useful message around the prophet Mouhamad Rassullulah (P.B.U.H.) and around Islam, our common religion. Such an event within the Muslim nation can be seen as a unity within diversity and not unity with division. It also leads us to have an understanding and intelligence in our relationship with our neighbours.
The exhibition simply wants to show in a Muslim framework, the extent of the mission of Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba, working in the Service of Islam and his prophet (P.B.U.H), throwing equally into relief, his sole existence in the adoration and worship of God, The Almighty.
Having overcome the resistance of the armed native Islamic forces and the local chiefs and aristocrats in Senegal, the colonial rulers came across Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba whose sole objective was to establish a system based on the Basic Cultural Values of Islam. He was not armed and had no intention of submitting to the will of the invaders. Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba did not recognize any authority except that of Allah. As a great figure in Islam, he succeeded, despite the difficult geo-political context of the 19th Century, in gaining his title of God’s Slave and Server of the Prophet Mouhamad (P.B.U.H.) The Great Exhibition is held in a huge space, a 2000 square meters pavilion containing several themes stands which will cover the basic cultural values of Mouridism.