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Sheikh Ali Warsame
الشيخ علي ورسمه
TitleSheikh
Personal
Born1939/1940
Died28 May 2022
Resting placeHargeisa, Somaliland
ReligionIslam
ChildrenHassan Ali Sheikh Warsame
EraModern Islamic period
RegionSomaliland
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAthari
Main interest(s)Sufism, Social Reformer, Cultivation
Muslim leader
Influenced
  • Sheikh Yusuf Madar, Sheikh Omar Madar

Sheikh Ali Warsame (Somali: Sheekh Cali Warsame) was a notorious Somali Islamic scholar and cleric,[1] and credited with being one of the first scholars to introduce the Salafi Da'wah to Somalis.[2] A founder and emir of Al-Ittihad Al-Islamiya,[3][4] he later broke ties with the group.[1]

Biography

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Sheikh Ali Warsame was born in 1939/1940 in the outskirts of Ainabo,[5] in the Sarar region of Somaliland, where he spent his childhood in the countryside. He belongs to the Habar Je'lo clan of the wider Isaaq clan-family.[3][6]

In 1958, Sheikh Ali Warsame went to study in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, and after Somalia's independence he returned to continue his studies.[2] In the late 1960s to the early 1970s, he traveled to Saudi Arabia and started an Islamic studies institute there, where he also graduated from the Islamic University of Medina as well completed his second degree at King Saud University in Riyadh.[2]

Sheikh Ali Warsame returned to Somalia in 1980 and began spreading da'wah in Burao.[2] Due to this he was imprisoned several times by the then ruling regime led by Siad Barre. Sheikh Ali Warsame subsequently fled to Saudi Arabia in 1986 after the revolutionary government issued an arrest warrant.[2]

Death

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Sheikh Ali Warsame died on 28 May 2022 in Jordan aged 83.[7][2]




References

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  1. ^ a b "Sheekh Cali Warsame oo ahaa caalim weyn oo Soomaaliyeed oo geeriyooday". Voice of America (in Somali). 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Taariikhda Sheekh Cali Warsame: Kumuu ahaa sheekha caanka ah ee maanta geeriyooday?". BBC News Somali (in Somali). 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  3. ^ a b Rabasa, Angel (2009-01-13). Radical Islam in East Africa. Rand Corporation. ISBN 978-0-8330-4679-6.
  4. ^ Hutzley, Jonathan D. (2007). Unmasking Terror: A Global Review of Terrorist Activities. Jamestown Foundation. ISBN 978-0-9675009-6-6.
  5. ^ Ifiye, Khadar (2022-05-28). "AKHRISO: Taariikh nololeedka AHUN Sheekh Cali Warsame oo geeriyooday". Horseed Media. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  6. ^ Joseph, Dan; Maruf, Harun (2018-10-01). Inside Al-Shabaab: The Secret History of Al-Qaeda's Most Powerful Ally. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-03751-0.
  7. ^ "Sheekh Cali Warsame oo ka mid ahaa Culimada Soomaaliyeed oo ku geeriyooday wadanka Urdun". www.hiiraan.com. Retrieved 2024-09-10.