Here, Sufi believers follow a marabout, elsewhere known as a Murshid (""Guide""). The parents placed their children with "marabout" or "serin", a cleric or quranic teacher. The Mourides have had one female marabout, Sokhna Magat Diop, who inherited her father's position. His lost study of "The marabout of Si Slimane" is an example. This education is guided by a teacher known as a marabout. "Marabout" very rarely themselves participate directly in the political process. No important decision is made without first consulting the marabout. Salvation, he said, comes through submission to the "marabout" and hard work. The significant religious authority is the marabout. These associations revitalize the connection between marabout and follower, even when separated by distance. Qadiriyya women have also attained the position of marabout. In most cases, no important decision is made without first consulting a marabout. Traditionally, parents often sent their children to live with their marabout and become taalibes. Among the Muslim Jola, there is also the Marabout, a religious leader and teacher. They also organize religious activities, such as trips to see their marabout.