Hojat al-Islam Sheikh Ahmad Tijan Sila, the representative of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly in Sierra Leone, passed away.
Hojat-ul-Islam and Muslims Sheikh Ahmad Tijan Sila, a great Shiite scholar in Sierra Leone and a representative of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly of the in this country, passed away on Thursday, June 24, 2021.
The deceased was one of the preachers of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) school, one of the great Shiites of Africa, and the Imam of the Central Mosque of Freetown, one of the largest mosques in Sierra Leone.
Sheikh Ahmad Tijan Silla was a member of the Sierra Leone Muslims-Christians Interfaith Council and was a senior member of the Sierra Leone United Muslim Council.
It is worth mentioning that in a ceremony on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, by the decree of the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, Hojat al-Islam Sheikh Ahmad Tijan Sila was introduced as the official representative of the Assembly in the Republic of Sierra Leone.
The Republic of Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa. The capital and the largest city of the country is Freetown. Sierra Leone has a population of 6 million and its official language is English. About 70% of the people of Sierra Leone are Muslims and 20 to 30% are Christians. The country’s Shiites are estimated at between 600,000 and 1 million.
«بنیاد بینالمللی عاشورا» مؤسسهای غیر دولتی و غیر انتفاعی است که به منظور گسترش فرهنگ حیاتبخش و حماسهآفرین عاشورا و ایجاد جریان مستمر و پویا در حوزۀ بسط و گسترش سیرۀ حضرت امام حسین (ع) و زنده نگه داشتن فرهنگ عاشورا از سال ۱۳۹۳ هجری شمسی زیر نظر «مجمع جهانی اهل بیت (علیهمالسلام)» شروع به فعالیت کرده و سعی دارد در این راه با بهرهگیری از ابزارهای نوین علمی، پژوهشی، فرهنگی، هنری، مطبوعاتی، تبلیغاتی و فضای مجازی و با خلق آثار برجسته و نیز گسترش فعالیتها و خدمات علمی و فرهنگی و مشارکت بیش از پیش علما و اندیشمندان جهان اسلام و تشیّع گام بردارد.