Scholars and religious figures
Sheikh Ahmed Haji Abdirahman (Sheekh Axmed Xaaji Cabdiraxmaan)
Sheikh Ahmed Haji Abdirahman Mohamed (born 1957 or 1958, died 4 December 2011) was a Somali Islamic scholar from Galkayo. A former army lieutenant, he became one of Somalia's leading preachers, co-founded and served as vice president of East Africa University, and co-founded the Al-Furqan Institute in Las Anod. He was killed in Bosaso in 2011; al-Shabaab was blamed.
Sheikh Ahmed Haji AbdirahmanAhmed Haji Abdirahman Mohamed · Axmed Xaaji Cabdiraxmaan
- Lived
- ? to 2011-12-04
- Known as one of
- Scholars and religious figures
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012
- Sources
- 2 sources
Who was he?
Sheikh Ahmed Haji Abdirahman Mohamed was a Somali cleric, preacher and scholar (Wikipedia, Ahmed Haji Abdirahman). Wikipedia gives his birth as 1957 in one place and 1958 in another; he was born in rural Mudug and grew up in Galkayo (same source). His father sat in the first Somali parliament and was among the founders of the Somali Youth League, and his mother's family included Yasin Osman Kenadid, who wrote the first Somali-language dictionary (same source). See Mudug.
Career
After school he did military service, trained in Iraq, and rose to lieutenant before resigning (Wikipedia). He was active in Islamic movements from the 1970s and became one of Somalia's leading scholars (same source). He co-founded East Africa University and served as its vice president, and was a member of the Association of Somali Scholars (same source). With Sheikh Abdinasir Haji Ahmed he co-founded the Al-Furqan Institute in Las Anod in 1994 (Wikipedia, Abdinasir Haji Ahmed).
Death
He was killed in Bosaso on 4 December 2011, in an attack attributed to al-Shabaab (Wikipedia).
In short
A Galkayo-raised former officer who became a leading scholar and university founder, killed in Bosaso in 2011.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Ahmed Haji Abdirahman · en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, Abdinasir Haji Ahmed · en.wikipedia.org
Sheikh Ahmed Haji AbdirahmanAhmed Haji Abdirahman Mohamed · Axmed Xaaji Cabdiraxmaan
- Lived
- ? to 2011-12-04
- Known as one of
- Scholars and religious figures
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012
- Sources
- 2 sources
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