Scholars and religious figures
Ali Sheikh Ahmed (Cali Sheekh Axmed)
Dr Ali Sheikh Ahmed Abubakar is a Somali scholar and educator who co-founded Mogadishu University in 1997 and was its first president. He studied at the Islamic University of Madinah, lectured at King Saud University from 1983 to 1992, returned to Mogadishu in 1992 to help rebuild schools, and was one of five founders of the Al-Islah movement in 1978.
Ali Sheikh AhmedAli Sheikh Ahmed Abubakar · Cali Sheekh Axmed Abuubakar
- Known as one of
- Scholars and religious figures
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
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Who is he?
Dr Ali Sheikh Ahmed Abubakar is a Somali scholar who co-founded Mogadishu University and served as its first president (Wikipedia, Ali Sheikh Ahmed).
Education
He finished secondary school in Mogadishu in 1972 and won a Saudi scholarship to the Islamic University of Madinah, where he earned his BA, MA and PhD between 1973 and 1983 (Wikipedia). He lectured at King Saud University in Riyadh from 1983 to 1992 (same source). He has written on Islam in the Horn of Africa, education, reconciliation and state building (same source).
Mogadishu University
In 1992 he moved back to Mogadishu to help restore schools and universities (Wikipedia). In 1997 he co-founded Mogadishu University, the first higher education institution set up after the state collapsed, and became its first president (same source). In 2017 he founded the East African Association for Research and Development, which he leads (same source).
Public role
He was one of five founders of the Al-Islah Islamic movement in 1978, which took part in the Arta peace conference in Djibouti in 2000 (same source). He also sat on the Somali Civic Forum reconciliation panel formed in 2004 (same source).
In short
A scholar who returned to Mogadishu in 1992 and co-founded its first post-war university.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Ali Sheikh Ahmed · en.wikipedia.org
Ali Sheikh AhmedAli Sheikh Ahmed Abubakar · Cali Sheekh Axmed Abuubakar
- Known as one of
- Scholars and religious figures
- Places
- Muqdisho and Banaadir
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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