Complex sentence: The mosque became the base of Tijaniyya activities and practices because these Hausa people were themselves adherents of the Tijaniya doctrine and on this background indicating the connection still in Tamale of the Tijaniyas to the Hausa, and a non-Dagbamba community of traders and artisans.
Split into simpler sentences: The mosque became the base of Tijaniyya activities and practices because these Hausa people were themselves adherents of the Tijaniyya doctrine. This background indicates the connection still in Tamale of the Tijaniyas to the Hausa, and non-Dagbamba community of traders and artisans.