Scholars and religious figures
Sheikh Abdulkadir Nur Farah (Sheekh Cabdiqaadir Nuur Faarax)
Sheikh Abdulkadir Nur Farah (1940 to 15 February 2013) was a Somali Islamic scholar and preacher born near Eyl in Nugaal. He studied at an al-Azhar-linked school in Mogadishu and at the Islamic University of Madinah, preached in West Africa, served as a judge in Somalia, and co-founded the Al-Furqan Institute in Las Anod. He was killed in Garowe in 2013; al-Shabaab was blamed.
Sheikh Abdulkadir Nur FarahSheikh Abdul Qadir Nour Farah · Cabdiqaadir Nuur Faarax
- Lived
- 1940 to 2013-02-15
- Known as one of
- Scholars and religious figures
- Era
- Toward independence, 1920 to 1960; The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 2 sources
Who was he?
Sheikh Abdulkadir Nur Farah was a Somali cleric, preacher and Islamic scholar (Wikipedia, Abdulkadir Nur Farah). He was born in 1940 at Canjeel Teelawaa near Eyl, in Nugaal, to a herding family (same source). See Nugaal.
Study and work
He did not begin learning the Arabic alphabet until he was thirteen (Wikipedia). He went to school in Eyl, moved to Mogadishu in 1960, and graduated from an al-Azhar-linked school there in 1967 (same source). He then studied in Saudi Arabia and at the Islamic University of Madinah (same source).
After graduating he was sent to preach in Niger with his friend Sheikh Yusuf Adam, and the two later returned to Somalia, where they served as judges (same source). He co-founded the Al-Furqan Institute of Islamic Studies in Las Anod in 1994 with Sheikh Abdinasir Haji Ahmed and Sheikh Ahmed Haji Abdirahman (Wikipedia, Abdinasir Haji Ahmed).
Death
He was killed in Garowe on 15 February 2013, in an attack attributed to al-Shabaab (Wikipedia).
In short
A Nugaal-born scholar and judge who taught for decades and was killed in Garowe in 2013.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Abdulkadir Nur Farah · en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, Abdinasir Haji Ahmed · en.wikipedia.org
Sheikh Abdulkadir Nur FarahSheikh Abdul Qadir Nour Farah · Cabdiqaadir Nuur Faarax
- Lived
- 1940 to 2013-02-15
- Known as one of
- Scholars and religious figures
- Era
- Toward independence, 1920 to 1960; The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 2 sources
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