Ja'afar Mahmud Adam

Ja'afar Mahmud Adam
Ja'afar Mahmud Adam
Born February 12, 1960
Died April 13, 2007
Region Nigeria
School Salafi[1]

Ja'afar Mahmud Adam (February 12, 1960 – April 13, 2007) was a Nigerian, Salafist Islamic scholar and prominent member of Nigeria's JIBWIS society, religio-political organisation headquartered in Abuja[2]

Teaching

Sheik Ja'afar 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]

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. ↑ http://www.thesundaily.my/news/945944
  5. ↑ http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/93249/World/International/Boko-Haram-suspected-after-cleric-killed-in-Nigeri.aspx
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