Sheekhaal - Citizendia

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Sheikhal (var. Sheikhaal,Sheekhaal, Sheikal, Shikal) or Fiqi Omar is a Somali clan whose members inhabit both Somalia and the Somali Region of Ethiopia, with considerable numbers in northeastern Kenya. Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known Somali ( Gobolka Soomaalida) is the eastern-most of the nine ethnic divisions ( kililoch) of Ethiopia. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Some Sheikhals, particularly the Aw Axmed Loobage subclan, claim they are part of the larger Hawiye group, while others, such as the Aw-Qutub subclan, dispute this. See also Somali clan Aw Axmed Loobage (also Ahmed fiqi Omar, Ahmed Faqa Cumar; or simply Loobage or Loobege) is a See also Somali clan The Hawiye ( Hawiiye, هاويي is a Somali clan whose members live in central and southern Somalia, in the See also Somali clan Aw-Qutub (or Reer Awqudub) is a Somali clan part of the larger Sheekhaal group

The Sheikhal clan traces its ancestry to Fiqi Omar, who was the companion of Sheikh Yusuf Al Kawneyn, who together spearheaded a renaissance of Islam in all Somali-inhabited areas of the Horn of Africa around the thirteenth century. Sheikh, also rendered as Sheik, Cheikh, Shaikh, and other variants ( Arabic:, shaykh For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Somalis ( Soomaaliyeed, الصوماليون are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The Horn of Africa (alternatively Northeast Africa, and sometimes Somali Peninsula; shortened to HOA) is a Peninsula in East Africa Fiqi Omar, also known as Omar Al-Rida, in turn traced his lineage to the first caliph, Abu Bakr (Sayid Abubakar Al-Sadiq). The Caliph is the Head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah Early life Abu Bakr was born at Mecca some time in the year 573 CE, in the Banu Taym branch of the Quraysh tribe Many prominent Somali Muslim scholars, such as Sheikh Ibrahim Dusuuqi, Sheekh Qudubi,Shaykh Umar Faruuq and Sheikh Mohamed Ahmed Mussa (or Hagi Chadi) came from the Sheikhal tribe.

Sheikhaal sub-clans

Aw-Qutub
Aw Axmed Loobage
Aw Cismaan Gandarshe
Jaziira also known as Baaba Xassan
Qallu
Teedan
Abiib
Cali cafiif
Gudle
Cabdi shekh
Cabdi sufi
Seka-when in Afar Region
Cabdisamad
Sheikh Hayti
Seyle
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Wardiiq clan AW qudub clan in isse land in Ethiopia and Djibouti.
Reerow-Xassan (Some of Reer Aw xassan clansmen dispute that they are part of larger Sheekhaal Clan while others accept this. The Reer Aw-Xassan is a Somali clan based in the Hiiraan region of Somalia and along the border between Ethiopia and Somalia