# Sheikh Abdinasir Haji Ahmed (Sheekh Cabdinaasir Xaaji Axmed)

> Sheikh Abdinasir Haji Ahmed (1957-2022): Las Anod scholar and preacher killed in Kismayo in 2022.

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## Who was he?

Sheikh Abdinasir Haji Ahmed Yusuf was a Somali Islamic scholar and preacher, born in 1957 in the countryside near Ceegaag in Cayn ([Wikipedia, Abdinasir Haji Ahmed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdinasir_Haji_Ahmed)). He memorised the Quran at Horufadhi and studied at the Salihiya mosque school in [Burao](/en/regions/togdheer/) (same source).

## Study

From 1965 he studied at the Al-Falah school in Berbera, and from 1967 at an al-Azhar-linked institute in Burao ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdinasir_Haji_Ahmed)). He then studied with scholars in Mogadishu, did military service, and went to Yemen to study Islamic law (same source). In Yemen he chaired the Somali community, appointed by the Ministry of Endowments, and taught in religious institutes from 1982 to 1992 (same source). See [Somalis in Yemen](/en/diaspora/yemen/).

## Teaching in Las Anod

He returned to Somalia in 1992 and settled in Las Anod, where he preached and taught ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdinasir_Haji_Ahmed)). In 1994, with [Sheikh Ahmed Haji Abdirahman](/en/people/ahmed-haji-abdirahman/) and [Sheikh Abdulkadir Nur Farah](/en/people/abdulkadir-nur-farah/), he founded the Al-Furqan Institute of Islamic Studies (same source). He recorded more than a thousand lessons (same source). See [Sool](/en/regions/sool/).

## Death

He publicly condemned al-Shabaab's attacks on hotels, cafes and markets, including at seminars in Garowe, [Bosaso](/en/regions/bari/) and Las Anod ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdinasir_Haji_Ahmed)). His two co-founders were killed in 2011 and 2013 (same source). On 22 February 2022 he was killed by a car bomb while visiting Kismayo, and al-Shabaab claimed responsibility (same source).

The federal president, a former president and regional presidents condemned the killing, and some in the community criticised the [Jubaland](/en/states/jubaland/) authorities over his security (same source).

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## In short

A scholar who taught in Yemen and Las Anod for decades and was killed in Kismayo in 2022 after speaking against attacks on civilians.

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