Omar Muhammad Farah
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Sheikh Omar Sheikh Muhammad Farah was the chairman of Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a
from 22 February 2009 to 18 April 2010. From 18 April 2010 he has been defense secretary as well as the operation commander in Benadir
region for Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a
.
Later (since October 2010) he have been lobbying for Somali
youth not to join any militias and not to be misguided.
Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a
Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a or ASWJ is a Somali paramilitary group consisting of moderate Sufis opposed to the radical islamist group Al-Shabaab. They are fighting to prevent strict sharia and Wahhabism from being imposed on Somalia and protecting the country's Sunni-Sufi traditions and generally...
from 22 February 2009 to 18 April 2010. From 18 April 2010 he has been defense secretary as well as the operation commander in Benadir
Benadir
Benadir is a coastal region of Somalia. It covers most of the Indian Ocean coast of the country, from the Gulf of Aden to the Juba River, containing the capital of Mogadishu. The name comes from Persian bandar, which means port , a fact that reflects the region's importance to Persian and Arab...
region for Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a
Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a
Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a or ASWJ is a Somali paramilitary group consisting of moderate Sufis opposed to the radical islamist group Al-Shabaab. They are fighting to prevent strict sharia and Wahhabism from being imposed on Somalia and protecting the country's Sunni-Sufi traditions and generally...
.
Later (since October 2010) he have been lobbying for Somali
Somali people
Somalis are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family...
youth not to join any militias and not to be misguided.