Hussain Hassan Abakar

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Sheikh Hussain Hassan Abakar is the Imam of Muslims in Chad . He is the chairman of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Chad. He is a member of Tidschani - Sufi order . He is a founding member of the Islamic World League ( Muslim World League, abbr. MWL).

He was one of the 138 signatories of the open letter a common word between us and you ( english A Common Word Between Us and You ), the personalities of Islam to "leaders of Christian churches everywhere" (Engl. "Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere ..." ) (October 13, 2007).

In 2009 he was included in the list of the 500 Most Influential Muslims by the Prince al-Walid-bin-Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center of Jordan .

“The current grand imam, Sheikh Hissein Hassan Abakar, is viewed as a generally moderate religious figure. His authority has been challenged by followers of other orders of Islam who adhere to more fundamentalist teachings derived from eastern and northern Africa and the Middle East. "

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  1. ↑ themuslim500.com: Sheikh Hussain Hassan Abakar
  2. ↑ acommonword.com: A common word between us and you (summarized short form) (PDF; 186 kB)
  3. ↑ yale.edu ( Yale University ; PDF; 4.8 MB)
  4. ↑ lib.ohchr.org ( Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights : Institute on Religion and Public Policy Report: Religious Freedom in the Chad - 2009; PDF; 20 kB)
Hussain Hassan Abakar (alternative names of the lemma)
Sheikh Hissein Hassan Abakar; Hussein Hasan Abakar; Hussein Hasan Abkar
personal data
SURNAME Abakar, Hussain Hassan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sufi of the Tijani Order, Chairman of the High Council for Islamic Affairs in Chad
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century