Shiekh Ja'afar Mahmud Adam (February 12, 1960 – April 13, 2007) was a

Salafist The Salafi movement or Salafism () is a fundamentalist revival movement within Sunni Islam, originating in the late 19th century and influential in the Islamic world to this day. The name "''Salafiyya''" is a self-designation, claiming a retur ...

Islamic scholar and member of Nigeria's Jama’at Izalat al Bid’a Wa Iqamat as Sunna, a religio-political organisation with headquarters in Abuja. He lived primarily in Kano and went to

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for his annual Ramadan Tafsir.

Death

Sheikh Ja'afar was assassinated in his mosque during Subh prayer in the northern city of Kano in April 2007. Opinions were split at that time regarding the perpetrators of the crime. While some said that

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, an extremist organisation, killed the sheikh, others said that Mr. Shekarau, the governor of Kano at the time, may have been responsible because the cleric was one of his major critics. Abu Musab Al-Barnawi a son to Mohammed Yusuf, the founder of

, in his 2018 book, ''Abu Musab al-Barnawi – Slicing off the Tumor Book – June 2018'' asserted that Jafar Adam was assassinated by the Kanana Taliban, also known as the Nigerian Taliban

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adam, Jaafar Mahmud 1960 births 2007 deaths Nigerian Sunni Muslims Islamic University of Madinah alumni International University of Africa alumni Nigerian Salafis Deaths by firearm in Nigeria People from Kano Nigerian Sunni religious leaders Nigerian Muslim activists