Ibrahim Mukhtar
1st Grand mufti of Eritrea (1909–1969)
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Ibrahim Mukhtar (1909 - 1969) was the first Grand Mufti of Eritrea as appointed by the Italian colonial administration. Ibrahim's first language was Saho. He graduated from al-Azhar University in 1937. The Grand Mufti resisted Ethiopian oppression of Eritrea. He however, maintained a pragmatic and delicate balance between outright defiance and his official role as a Muslim community leader under Ethiopian rule. In 1960 he published an article describing the Ethiopian regime in Eritrea as "colonial."
Ibrahim Mukhtar | |
|---|---|
Sheikh Ibrahim | |
| Born | 1909 |
| Died | 1969 (aged 59–60) |
| Education | al-Azhar university |
| Known for | 1st Grand mufti of Eritrea |
After Sheikh Ibrahim's death, the office of the Grand Mufti of Eritrea was discontinued until August 1992, following the liberation of Eritrea.
Ibrahim Mukhtar was a prolific author, with several dozen unpublished texts about a wide array of religious, historical, linguistic and literary subjects.
References
Jonathan Miran (2012). "Ibrahim al-Mukhtar Ahmad Umar". In Gates, Henry Louis; Akyeampong, Emmanuel K. (eds.). Dictionary of African Biography. Vol. 3. Oxford University Press. pp. 130–132.
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