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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
'Abdillahi Nasir Jum'a was a Kenyan Shiite scholar who, after [[the Islamic Revolution in Iran]], became an intellectual leader of a group of Kenyan Shias. He was born in a Sunni family in Mombasa, Kenya, on 1 June 1932. | 'Abdillahi Nasir Jum'a was a Kenyan Shiite scholar who, after [[the Islamic Revolution in Iran]], became an intellectual leader of a group of Kenyan Shias.<ref>[http://fa.old.abna24.com/persian/cultural/archive/2009/06/16/157342/story.html The status of Kenyan Shiites (Persian)]</ref> He was born in a Sunni family in Mombasa, Kenya, on 1 June 1932.<ref>[http://www.shabestan.ir/TextVersionDetail/1136823 Death of a great Shiite scholar in Kenya (Persian)]</ref> | ||
In 1950, Nassir went to [[Zanzibar]] in [[Tanzania]], where he studied in a Teacher Training College. He then returned to Mombasa, where he began teaching at the Arab Primary School and the Mombasa Institute of Muslim Education. | In 1950, Nassir went to [[Zanzibar]] in [[Tanzania]], where he studied in a Teacher Training College. He then returned to Mombasa, where he began teaching at the Arab Primary School and the Mombasa Institute of Muslim Education. | ||