Ja'afar Mahmud Adam

Ja'afar Mahmud Adam (February 12, 1960 – April 13, 2007) was a Nigerian Salafist Islamic scholar and member of Nigeria's Jama'at al Izalat al bid'a wa iqamatus sunnah, a religio-political organisation based in Abuja.[2] His teaching aimed at revolutionizing the socio-political and religious life of his people. He prophesied about the Boko-Harram insurgency.

Sheikh

Ja'far Mahmud Adam
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
EraModern era
RegionNorthern Nigeria
DenominationSunni and Salafi[1]
JurisprudenceMaliki
MovementMalikiyya
Main interest(s)Hadith, Tafsir and Tauheed
OccupationIslamic cleric
Muslim leader

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]

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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