Jama'at al-I'tisam

Jama'atu al-I'tisam bil-Kitab wa’l-Sunnah (Somali: Jamaacada Al-Ictisaam Bil Kitaabi Wassunnah, Arabic: جماعة الاعتصام بالكتاب والسنة), more commonly known as Jama'at Al-I'tisam (Somali: Jamaacada Al-Ictisaam, Arabic: جماعة الاعتصام) is a Somali Islamic Salafi organization and missionary group founded in 1996. The organization emerged from the merger of two previous movements: Al-Ittihad al-Islami, established in 1983, and the Islamic Salvation Movement (Al-Tajammu' al-Islami lil-Inqadh), founded in 1993. It is considered one of the largest Islamic movements in East Africa, known for its comprehensive reformist approach. The group aligns itself with Salafi methodology in theology and reasoning, incorporating da’wah (Islamic preaching), reform, and social transformation into its mission.

Prominent scholars like Sheikh Ali Warsame, Sheikh Mohamed Abdi Umal, Dr Ahmed Haji Abdirahman (who was assassinated by the Al-Shabab in 2011), Sheikh Mohamoud Shibli, and Sheikh Abdulkhadir Nur Farah (also assassinated by Al-Shabab in 2013) are considered the top figures of Jama'at al-I'tisam.