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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] |