Ja'afar Mahmud Adam

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Sheikh

Ja'far Mahmud Adam
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Ja'afar Mahmud
TitleSheikh Ja'afar
Personal
Born
Ja'afar Mahmud Adam

February 12, 1960
Daura, Katsina State
DiedApril 13, 2007
Kano
Cause of deathAssassination
ReligionIslam
NationalityNigerian
EthnicityHausa
DenominationSunni and Salafi[1]
JurisprudenceMaliki
MovementMalikiyya
Main interest(s)Hadith, Tafsir and Tauheed
Muslim leader
Influenced by

Ja'afar Mahmud Adam (February 12, 1960 – April 13, 2007) was a Nigerian Salafist Islamic scholar and member of Nigeria's Jama’at Izalat al Bid’a Wa Iqamat as Sunna, a religio-political organisation based in Abuja.[2]

Teaching[]

Adam preached in Maiduguri's Indimi Mosque, which was attended by the Deputy Governor of Borno.[3]

Death[]

Adam was shot dead at his mosque in the northern city of Kano in April 2007.[4][5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Gérard L. F. Chouin, Religion and bodycount in the Boko Haram crisis: evidence from the Nigeria Watch database, p. 214. ISBN 978-90-5448-135-5
  2. ^ Gérard L. F. Chouin, Religion and bodycount in the Boko Haram crisis: evidence from the Nigeria Watch database, p. 214. ISBN 978-90-5448-135-5
  3. ^ US Embassy, Abuja (November 4, 2009). "Nigeria: Borno State Residents Not Yet Recovered From Boko Haram Violence". Wikileaks. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  4. ^ "Boko Haram suspected after cleric killed in Nigeria". www.thesundaily.my.
  5. ^ "Boko Haram suspected after cleric killed in Nigeria - International - World". Ahram Online.
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