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Sheikh '''Mohamed Sanusi Tejam''' (January 19, 1950{{snd}}August 17, 2016) was a revered [[Sierra Leonean]] [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]] [[preacher]], [[Islamic scholar]], Islamic [[theologist]], [[architect]], and the former Chief Imam of the [[Jamiatul Atiq Masjid]], also informally known as the Fourah Bay Mosque.
Sheikh '''Alhaji Mohamed Sanusi Tejan''' (January 19, 1950{{snd}}August 17, 2016) was a revered [[Sierra Leonean]] [[Oku people (Sierra Leone)|Oku]] [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[Muslim]] [[preacher]], [[Islamic scholar]], Islamic [[theologist]], [[architect]], and the former Chief Imam of the [[Jamiatul Atiq Masjid]].


Sheikh Sanusi Tejan was one of the most highly influential and one of the most highly knowledgeable Muslim Scholars in Sierra Leone. He was highly knowledgeable of the [[Quran]], the [[Hadith]] of the [[Prophet Muhammad]], [[Islamic Jurisprudence]], and Islamic Theology. He traveled extensively across Sierra Leone preaching about the Quran and the [[Sunnah]] of the Prophet Muhammad.
Sheikh Sanusi Tejan was one of the most highly influential and one of the most highly knowledgeable Muslim Scholars in Sierra Leone. He was highly knowledgeable of the [[Quran]], the [[Hadith]] of [[Muhammad]], and [[Islamic Jurisprudence]], primarily the [[Maliki jurisprudence]] of [[Sunni Islam]]. He traveled extensively across Sierra Leone preaching about the Quran and the [[Sunnah]] of Muhammad.


Sheikh Sanusi Tejan was the Chief Imam of the Fourah Bay Mosque from 2006 until his death on August 17, 2016.<ref>http://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/fourah-bay-community-mourns-the-loss-of-imam-sanusi-tejan/</ref> Sheikh Sanusi Tejan was the [[Muezzin]] of the Fourah Bay Mosque from 1989 until 2006, when he became the Chief imam, after the death of the previous Chief Imam Sheikh [[Alhaji]] Nazim Sahid. He gave Islamic lectures as special guess in mosque and many Muslim occasions across Sierra Leone.
Sheikh Sanusi Tejan was the Chief Imam of the Fourah Bay Mosque from 1996 until his death on August 17, 2016.<ref name="thesierraleonetelegraph.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/fourah-bay-community-mourns-the-loss-of-imam-sanusi-tejan/|title=Fourah Bay community mourns the loss of Imam Sanusi Tejan|date=17 August 2014|website=thesierraleonetelegraph.com|accessdate=8 July 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526185800/http://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/fourah-bay-community-mourns-the-loss-of-imam-sanusi-tejan/|archivedate=26 May 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Sheikh Sanusi Tejan was the [[Muezzin]] of the Fourah Bay Mosque from 1989 until 1996, when he became the Chief imam. He gave Islamic lectures as special guess in several mosque and many Muslim occasions across Sierra Leone. He appeared on Radio and television preaching the teachings of [[Islam]].


He was also a trained [[architect]] and he was a long term employee of the Sierra Leone Ministry of Works in the 1970s and 1980s during [[Siaka Stevens]] and [[Joseph Saidu Momoh]] presidencies. He also worked for the Sierra Leone Airport Authority in 1988 as a [[civil engineer]]. However, he later resigned so to concentrate entirely on preaching and spreading the teachings of [[Islam]].
He was also an architect and he was a long term employee of the Sierra Leone Ministry of Works in the 1970s and 1980s during [[Siaka Stevens]] and [[Joseph Saidu Momoh]] presidencies. However, he later resigned so to concentrate entirely on preaching and spreading the teaching of [[Islam]].


He was the most senio teacher at the prestigious Madrasatul Harounia, informally known as the Fourah Bay [[Madrassa]] Islamic school, a school he himself attended as a child under the teachings and guidian of the highly influential late [[Salafi]] Sheikh Alpha Sulaiman Carew. As one of the students of Sheikh Alpha Sulaiman Carew at the Fourah Bay Madrassa school, Sheikh Sanusi Tejan began studying the Quran at the Age of two, and he memorized the entire Quran at the age of twelve.<ref>http://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/fourah-bay-community-mourns-the-loss-of-imam-sanusi-tejan/</ref> Sheikh Sanusi Tejan was also known for his high level of [[religious tolerance]] to [[Christians]]. He was also known for being generous to the poor, regardless of their religious beliefs.
He was the most senior teacher at the prestigious Fourah Bay [[Madrassa]] Islamic school, a school he himself attended under the teachings and guidian of the highly influential [[Salafi]] Sheikh Alpha Sulaiman Carew. Sheikh Sanusi Tejan began studying the Quran at the Age of two, and he memorized the entire Quran at the age of twelve.<ref name="thesierraleonetelegraph.com"/>


Sheikh Sanusi Tejan was born and raised in a deeply conservative religious Muslim family from the Oku community in [[Fourah Bay]], a conservative Muslim neighborhood in Freetown, Sierra Leone. His father Alpha Abdul Karim Tejan was a Muslim Scholar himself. Sheikh Sanusi Tejan had two wives and was the father of six children.
Sheikh Sanusi Tejan was born and raised in a deeply conservative religious Muslim family from the [[Oku people (Sierra Leone)|Oku]] community in [[Fourah Bay]], a conservative Muslim neighborhood of [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] descent in Freetown, Sierra Leone. His father Alpha Abdul Karim Tejan was a Muslim Scholar himself.


For secular education, Sheikh Sanusi Tejan attended the Tower Hill Municipal Primary school in Freetown and the Methodist Boys High School also in Freetown.
For secular education, Sheikh Sanusi Tejan attended the Tower Hill Municipal Primary school in Freetown and the Methodist Boys High School also in Freetown.


When Sanusi Tejan died on August 17, 2016, his [[funeral service]] was attended by many of Sierra Leone"s Muslim religious clerics, politicians,including SLPP opposition leader now Sierra Leone "s president [[Julius Maada Bio]], civil servants, and some notable [[Christian]] religious leaders also attended his funeral; as well as the general public, both Muslims and Christians attended his funeral. The Islamic [[Janazah]] prayer was held at the Fourah Bay Mosque in Freetown.
When Sanusi Tejan died im August 2017, his funeral service was attended by many of Sierra Leone"s Islamic preachers, civil servants and politicians, including then opposition leader [[Julius Maada Bio]], the current President of Sierra Leone.


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* http://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/fourah-bay-community-mourns-the-loss-of-imam-sanusi-tejan/

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Islamic cleric
Mohamed Sanusi Tejan
Personal
Born(1950-01-19)January 19, 1950
Freetown, Sierra Leone
DiedAugust 17, 2016
Freetown, Sierra Leone
ReligionIslam
NationalitySierra Leonean
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki
Main interest(s)Quran, Hadith, Islamic Jurisprudence
Occupation
Muslim leader
Disciple ofSulaiman Alpha Carew

Sheikh Alhaji Mohamed Sanusi Tejan (January 19, 1950 – August 17, 2016) was a revered Sierra Leonean Oku Sunni Muslim preacher, Islamic scholar, Islamic theologist, architect, and the former Chief Imam of the Jamiatul Atiq Masjid.

Sheikh Sanusi Tejan was one of the most highly influential and one of the most highly knowledgeable Muslim Scholars in Sierra Leone. He was highly knowledgeable of the Quran, the Hadith of Muhammad, and Islamic Jurisprudence, primarily the Maliki jurisprudence of Sunni Islam. He traveled extensively across Sierra Leone preaching about the Quran and the Sunnah of Muhammad.

Sheikh Sanusi Tejan was the Chief Imam of the Fourah Bay Mosque from 1996 until his death on August 17, 2016.[1] Sheikh Sanusi Tejan was the Muezzin of the Fourah Bay Mosque from 1989 until 1996, when he became the Chief imam. He gave Islamic lectures as special guess in several mosque and many Muslim occasions across Sierra Leone. He appeared on Radio and television preaching the teachings of Islam.

He was also an architect and he was a long term employee of the Sierra Leone Ministry of Works in the 1970s and 1980s during Siaka Stevens and Joseph Saidu Momoh presidencies. However, he later resigned so to concentrate entirely on preaching and spreading the teaching of Islam.

He was the most senior teacher at the prestigious Fourah Bay Madrassa Islamic school, a school he himself attended under the teachings and guidian of the highly influential Salafi Sheikh Alpha Sulaiman Carew. Sheikh Sanusi Tejan began studying the Quran at the Age of two, and he memorized the entire Quran at the age of twelve.[1]

Sheikh Sanusi Tejan was born and raised in a deeply conservative religious Muslim family from the Oku community in Fourah Bay, a conservative Muslim neighborhood of Yoruba descent in Freetown, Sierra Leone. His father Alpha Abdul Karim Tejan was a Muslim Scholar himself.

For secular education, Sheikh Sanusi Tejan attended the Tower Hill Municipal Primary school in Freetown and the Methodist Boys High School also in Freetown.

When Sanusi Tejan died im August 2017, his funeral service was attended by many of Sierra Leone"s Islamic preachers, civil servants and politicians, including then opposition leader Julius Maada Bio, the current President of Sierra Leone.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fourah Bay community mourns the loss of Imam Sanusi Tejan". thesierraleonetelegraph.com. 17 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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