Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar

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Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar ({{langx|ar|أحمد تيجاني بن عمر}}) is a Ghanaian born American Islamic scholar and Imam.

Education

Tijani was born in Accra, Ghana. His hometown is Asamankese, West Akim Municipal District, Ghana. {{Citation needed|date= January 2020}} He specialised in Islamic Law and Jurisprudence, including comparative religion, astronomy, spiritual science and healing, divine poetry and chanting, fine arts and culture.{{cite web|url=http://www.radicalmiddleway.org/speakers/scholar/shaykh-ahmed-tijani-ben-omar |title=Shaykh Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar |publisher=Radical Middle Way |date=August 19, 2010 |accessdate=March 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090902/http://www.radicalmiddleway.org/speakers/scholar/shaykh-ahmed-tijani-ben-omar |archivedate=April 7, 2014 }}

He took Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Kulliyat Athakaffah Al Arabiyah in Ghana and studied Biblical Science and History through the Methodist Missionary High School in Ghana. {{Citation needed|date= January 2020}} He specialised in media-broadcasting and mass-communications and also obtained masters in comparative religion. He studied and memorized the Qur'an at the age of 15 and the Bible by the age of 20.

Career

Tijani is a leader of the Tijaniyyah, which came to the United States in the 1970s.{{cite book |last=Cesari|first=Jocelyne|title=Encyclopedia of Islam in the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zVkkAQAAIAAJ&q=Ahmed+Tijani+Ben+Omar|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Press|page=607|isbn=978-0313336256}} He is also the National Advisor International Association of Sufism USA; Advisor Islamic Studies and Research Association ISSRA USA; President and Imam Universal Islamic Center USA; Member of the World Council of Religious Leaders under the auspices of The United Nations Millennium World Peace Summit.{{cite web|url=http://www.jamiyah.org.sg/subindex.asp?id=A146_11|title=Erudite scholar Shaykh Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar at Jamiyah Singapore|publisher=Jamiyah|year=2011|accessdate=March 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000822/http://www.jamiyah.org.sg/subindex.asp?id=A146_11|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

He has traveled to over 115 countries worldwide giving numerous lectures and presentations at conferences, universities and public gatherings around the world. Hosted and directed several national and international Islamic conferences for peace.{{cite web |url=http://www.gatewaytodivinemercy.com/shaykh-ahmed-tijani-ben-omar.html|title=Shaykh Ahmed Tijani|publisher=Gateway To Divine Mercy|date=June 25, 2006|accessdate=March 15, 2012}}

Tijani spends his time between the United States and Africa. He has been involved in peacemaking work in Chicago's inner cities and inter-faith activity across the world. He opposes literalism and extreme Wahhabi theology.