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Jama'at Al-I'tisam
Jama'atu al-I'tisam bil-Kitab wa’l-Sunnah (, ), more commonly known as Jama'at Al-I'tisam (, ) is a Somali people, Somali Islamic Salafi movement, Salafi organization and missionary group founded in 1996. The organization emerged from the merger of two previous movements: Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya, Al-Ittihad al-Islami, established in 1983, and the Islamic Salvation Movement (Al-Tajammu' al-Islami lil-Inqadh), founded in 1993. It is considered one of the largest Islamic movements in East Africa, known for its comprehensive reformist approach. The group aligns itself with Salafi methodology in theology and reasoning, incorporating da’wah (Islamic preaching), reform, and social transformation into its mission. Prominent scholars like Sheikh Ali Warsame, Sheikh Mohamed Abdi Umal, Dr Ahmed Haji Abdirahman (who was assassinated by the Al-Shabab in 2011), Sheikh Mohamoud Shibli, and Sheikh Abdulkadir Nur Farah, Abdulkhadir Nur Farah (also assassinated by Al-Shabab in 2013) are considered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Warsame
Sheikh Ali Warsame Hassan (, ) was a Somali Islamic cleric, preacher, and scholar of Dawah, credited with being one of the first scholars to introduce the Salafi Da'wah to Somalis. He was among the most prominent of Somali scholars. A founder and emir of Al-Ittihad Al-Islamiya, he later broke ties with the group, becoming a leading figure of Jama'at al-I'tisam (''Ictisaam'') in 1996, a reformist, non-militant group. Biography Sheikh Ali Warsame was born in 1939/1940 in the outskirts of Ainabo, in the Sarar region of Somaliland. Born to a pastoral family, he spent his childhood in the countryside and raised camels for his family. His father Warsame Hassan died when he was young. Sheikh Ali Warsame belongs to the Habar Je'lo clan of the wider Isaaq clan-family. He moved to Burao to study in 1954, then Hargeisa, and later on went to study in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia in 1958, where he completed his memorization of the Quran and began studying Islamic sciences, including fiqh (ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Haji Abdirahman
Ahmed Haji Abdirahman Mohamed (, ; 1957—2011) was a Somali Clergy, cleric, preacher and Ulama, Muslim scholar. He was one of the leading scholars of Somalia and the vice president of East Africa University and one of its founders. He was a member of the Association of Somali Scholars, the most prominent theorists of the Salafist movement in Somalia. He was assassinated by Al-Shabaab (militant group), Al-Shabab in Bosaso on December 4, 2011. Early life He was born in 1958, in the rural area of Mudug region, he grew up and was raised in the Galkayo. He comes from a prominent religious family, as his father, Haji Abdirahman, was a scholar and a representative in the first House of Representatives, which was formed after the independence of Somalia. He was one of the founders of the Somali Youth League Party in the 1940s, and his mother is from a family famous for poetry. Her brother, Yasin Osman Kenadid, was the first to write a dictionary in the Somali language. He says in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamic Organizations Established In 1996
Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number 2 billion worldwide and are the world's second-largest religious population after Christians. Muslims believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed many times through earlier prophets and messengers, including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. Muslims consider the Quran to be the verbatim word of God and the unaltered, final revelation. Alongside the Quran, Muslims also believe in previous revelations, such as the Tawrat (the Torah), the Zabur (Psalms), and the Injil (Gospel). They believe that Muhammad is the main and final of God's prophets, through whom the religion was completed. The teachings and normative examples of Muhammad, called the Sunnah, documented in accounts called the hadith, provide a constitutional model for Muslims. Islam is based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jihad
''Jihad'' (; ) is an Arabic word that means "exerting", "striving", or "struggling", particularly with a praiseworthy aim. In an Islamic context, it encompasses almost any effort to make personal and social life conform with God in Islam, God's guidance, such as an introspection, internal struggle against evil in oneself, efforts to build a good Muslim community (''ummah''), and struggle to defend Islam. Literally meaning 'struggle', the term is most frequently Islam and war, associated with warfare. ''Jihad'' is classified into inner ("greater") ''jihad'', which involves a struggle against one's own passions and impulses, and outer ("lesser") ''jihad'', which is further subdivided into ''jihad'' of the pen/tongue (debate or persuasion) and ''jihad'' of the sword (warfare). Much of Muslim opinion considers inner ''jihad'' to have primacy over outer ''jihad'', although many Western scholars disagree. The analysis of a large survey from 2002 reveals considerable nuance in the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdinasir Haji Ahmed
Abdinasir Haji Ahmed Yusuf (; born 1957–2022 ) was a Somali cleric and Islamic preacher for Dawah. Sheikh Abdinasir was assassinated by Al-Shabab in Kismayo, on 22 February 2022. Early life and education Abdinasir Haji Ahmed Yusuf was born on 1957, at rural area of () near the village of Ceegaag now in Cayn region of Puntland. He relocated with his family from the rural area to the Horufadhi town. In 1964, he enrolled in the first Qur’anic school established there, where he memorized the Quran. Later, he moved to Burao to further his education. At the Salihiya Mosque School, he excelled in memorizing texts and mastering Islamic Sharia, completing his studies with proficiency in Quranic memorization. In 1965, Abdinasir Haji Ahmed relocated to the coastal city of Berbera, where he enrolled in the Al-Falah Model School. There, he completed his studies in Sharia sciences and the Arabic language, alongside subjects like mathematics. In 1967, Sheikh Abdinasir returned to Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Shabaab (militant Group)
Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, simply known as al-Shabaab, or by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Somalia, is a transnational Salafi jihadism, Salafi Jihadist military and political organization based in Somalia and is also in a more limited capacity active elsewhere in East Africa. It is involved in the ongoing Somali_Civil_War_(2009–present), Somali Civil War as an Islamism, Islamist group, regularly invoking takfir to rationalize its Islamic terrorism, terrorist attacks on Somali civilians and civil service, civil servants. Allied to the Islamic_extremism#Contemporary_Islam, Militant Sunni Islamist organization al-Qaeda, it has also forged ties with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Formed in the mid-2000s as a youth militia within the wider military wing of the Islamic Courts Union, al-Shabaab came to prominence during the 2006–2009 Somalia War (2006–2009), Ethiopian invasion and occupation of Somalia, during which it presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Africa University
East Africa University (EAU) () is a non-for-profit institution university in the autonomous Puntland state in northeastern Somalia, as well as in neighbouring Somaliland. Founded in the commercial capital of Bosaso, it has additional branches in Buhodle, Galdogob, Galkayo, Garowe, Qardho and Erigavo. The college offers courses in seven core departments including: Medicine, engineering, veterinary, Business Administration, Sharia studies, It also operates a distance learning center. Overview A former Bender Qassim University institution, East Africa University was established in 1999 in Bosaso by a group of Somali Scholars, Somali. It began offering courses in October of the year to around 500 students. A formal foundation laying ceremony for the college's original campus, situated about from the city center, was held in March 2000. It was attended by Puntland government officials, business and civil society groups, as well as many civilians. The first batch of students com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gedo
Gedo (, , , or ''Ghedu'') is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in Jubaland, southern Somalia. Its regional capital is Garbahaarreey. The region was formed during 1974 and is bordered by the Ogaden in Ethiopia, the North Eastern Province in Kenya, and the Somali regions of Bakool, Bay, Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Juba), and Jubbada Hoose (Lower Juba) further down east. The southern parts of Gedo, west of the Jubba River, used to be part of the old British Trans-Juba region during half of the seventy years of colonial era in Africa from 1890 to 1960. The British and Italians fought twice over this area. The regional capital is Garbaharey. President Siad Barre's forces withdrew to Gedo following the collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic in the early 1990s. After 1991, the Somali National Front Omar Haji Mohamed held large parts of the region for many years. In collaboration with the SNF, Gedo joined the growing trend of Islamic Courts at the start of the Somali C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (, ; 15 December 1934 – 23 March 2012), was a Somali politician and former military official who served as the first President of Puntland from 1998 to 2004. He also played a key role in establishing the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, Transitional Federal Government (TFG), which he led as President of Somalia from 2004 to 2008. Additionally, he was one of the founders of the rebel Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF). Yusuf was a career soldier in the Somali National Army, participating in the 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War, 1964 Border War and Ogaden War against Ethiopia. After Somalia's defeat in the Ogaden War in 1978, he 1978 Somali coup attempt, led a failed coup against President Siad Barre, marking the start of the Somali Rebellion, Somali rebellion. Following the coup's failure, Yusuf established the Somali Salvation Democratic Front in Ethiopia and began fighting alongside Ethiopian forces against the Somali army. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somali Salvation Democratic Front
Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF) (), initially known as the Democratic Front for Salvation of Somalia, was a political and paramilitary umbrella organization in Somalia. Founded in 1978 by several army officers, it was the first of several opposition groups dedicated to ousting the authoritarian regime of Mohamed Siad Barre.Nina J. Fitzgerald, ''Somalia: issues, history, and bibliography'', (Nova Publishers: 2002), p.25. With its power base mainly within the Majeerteen clan, SSDF played a significant role in the country's complex political landscape during the late 1970s and 2000s, and succeeded with establishing the autonomous Puntland state in northeastern Somalia. Early history On October 15, 1969, while paying a visit to the northern town of Las Anod, Somalia's then President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke was shot dead by a policeman in his security team. His assassination was quickly followed by a military coup d'état on October 21, 1969 (the day after his funeral), in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Age Islam
New Age Islam (Hindi: न्यू ऐज इस्लाम, Urdu:, Arabic: نيو أج اسلام) is a liberal Muslim institution based in New Delhi, India. It encourages progressive thinking among Muslims worldwide by exposing them to news, analyses and opinions on a variety of social, political, theological and spiritual issues related to Islam. It also provides a platform for debate on contemporary concerns facing Muslims, such as religious extremism, terrorism and relations with other religious groups. History New Age Islam was established in April 2008 by a group of Muslims concerned that “the very word Muslim has become synonymous with terrorism, backwardness and ignorance.” Its founders are mostly South Asian, some of them based in the Middle East, Europe, North America and Australia. Sultan Shahin, the Indian editor of NewAgeIslam.com, said in a 2009 interview with The Hindu newspaper that the thinking behind the institution went back at least a decade, to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
