Osman Nuhu Sharubutu
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Islamic cleric Osman Nuhu Sharubutu |
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| Title | Grand Mufti of the Republic of Ghana, His Eminence Dr. Sheikh El-Hajj |
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April 23, 1923 Old Fadama |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Ethnicity | Hausa |
| Region | West Africa |
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| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Maliki |
| Sufi order | Tijaniyya |
| Disciple of | Sheikh Ibrahim Nyass Kaolack |
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| Website | wwww.sonsetfund.com / www.ipasecgh.org |
Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu (born April 23, 1923) is an Islamic cleric, Chief Imam of Ghana, member of the National Peace Council and founder of The SONSETFund and IPASEC .
Dr. Sharubutu was born in Old Fadama in April 23, 1923. His ancestors are of Hausa ethnicity from Northern Nigeria. Most members of present-day Hausa communities in Ghana trace their ancestry to Hausa traders in Cola nut and livestock who established thriving communities in Dagbon, Gonja, Nkoranza and Ashanti. His ancestors however, were not traders. The British in the 1900 Asante War of Resistance led by Yaa Asantewaa relied on local West African mercenaries to fight on their behalf. Hausa and Senegalese soldiers were recruited to hunt and confiscate the Golden Stool of the Ashanti kingdom. After the war, the Senegalese soldiers settled in Cape Coast whiles the Hausa soldiers settled around 37 Military Hospital. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu was born to members of the later community.
There is a discussion in the social media about the origin of the Designation: NATIONAL CHIEF IMAM. Some Muslims speculate that the designation was conferred on Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu by Ex-President Jerry Rawlings. Others mentioned Ex-President Muammar Gaddafi as the source of the designation when he visited Ghana. I believe our knowledge will be widened, if I make a humble contribution as one who participated in many of the events hereby discussed.
The origin of the designation went back to 1984, when the Chief Imam of Accra was Hajj Mukhtari Abass. The designation came about when the United Ghana Muslim Representative Council (U.G.M.R. C) was inaugurated on the 14 of April, 1984 in Accra. In the announcement the organization made to the press, they indicated that their spiritual head was the National Chief Imam Hajj Mukhtari Abass. Prof. Abdallah Botchway, a leading light of the new organization in a comment said, “the fact that the National Chief Imam who is the spiritual head of all Muslims in the country is the President of the U.G.M.R.C is an indication of fairness and propriety in Islam.” This statement was captured in the People’s Daily Graphic of Monday, 16 April 1984.
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