[3] He says in his memoirs, compiled by advisor Muhammad Omar: I was born in the city of Galkayo in 1958 to a family that enjoyed a social and political status.
Then Influenced by the beginnings of my scientific formation; I joined Umm Al-Qura University in Mecca in 1986, majoring in Hadith studies, and I was ranked first in my class.
I passed with an excellent grade, and immediately after that I applied for a doctorate, and the title of my thesis was "Al-Hafiz Maglatai bin Falij and his efforts in the sciences of hadith".
They had an office and carried out activities, including holding demonstrations and marches, singing songs in the Somali and Arabic languages, some of which were old and some of which they composed.
Their total number reached thirty-two members who joined the forces, linked to each other and having no relationship with anyone else who belonged to the movement for Al-Sariya Governorate.
The call was making its way into the female and male community alike, but the organization was restricted to men, secrecy was strict, obedience to orders was strong, and enthusiasm was at its peak.
He was a teacher who taught Sheikh Muhammad's lesson and he was from the people of Odel.As a result of the Somali government's restrictions on Dawa activists, many of them were forced to leave the country.
He participated in founding the Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya movement, and was one of its most prominent theorists: In Saudi Arabia and Egypt, differences of opinion emerged within the Somali Awakening.
One of the objective reasons for taking the decision to demobilize the forces was that these - the youth of the Islamic Union - are out in the open, devoid of the means of strength and protection, and it is difficult to spend on them for a long time, and they are vulnerable.
To be bombed from the air at any moment, and the goal of seizing the area was not achieved, and I remember that the men who were defending and protecting the camps accepted this with great bitterness, and in my opinion and those like me, the decision to disband and demobilize the forces was characterized by farsightedness and the prevailing interest felt by a rational person, and the people agreed on If they remained in isolation, the arena would become empty for the Takfiri ideology that began to penetrate their ranks.
[11]Dr. Ahmed Haji Abdirahman participated in the founding of the Jama’atu Al-I’tisam group in 1996, which was born as a result of the alliance of the Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya and the Islamic Rally, after renouncing violence, laying down weapons, dissolving the camps, and engaging in civil society.
He says about that period: Among the Saudi scholars whom I studied were Dr. Ahmed Nour Saif, Ali al-Hindi, a teacher in the Haram, and Saeed Shafa.
What is also required of the nation: to look forward in getting out of its crisis by defining priorities, setting strategies near and far, dealing with reality with skill and knowledge, distinguishing between what is hoped for and what is available, being aware of the obstacles and obstacles that exist, benefiting from all the energies of the nation, and giving priority to the principle of reconciliation over the principle of revenge and settling scores.
[17]He founded the University of East Africa with his colleague and friend, Dr. Abdul Qadir Muhammad Abdullah Samantar, after they returned together from Saudi Arabia in 1999 to the city of Bosaso in Somalia.
[21] As he left the Al-Hussein Bin Ali Mosque in the city of Bosaso, Somalia, [22] In prayed Fajr,[23] Nine of those who participated in the assassination were arrested.
[24] In 2013, Puntland Government executed 13 presumed al-Shabaab members, including nine orchestered, after the military court found them guilty of masterminding the assassination of Dr Ahmed Haji Abdirahman.