Uamsho

The Association for Islamic Mobilisation and Propagation
AbbreviationUamsho
AmirSheikh Farid Hadi Ahmed
Deputy AmirSheikh Azzan Khalid Hamdan
General SecretarySheikh Abdallah Said Madawa
Founded2001
HeadquartersZanzibar
IdeologyIslamic fundamentalism
Pro-Zanzibar independence

UAMSHO, popular shorthand for The Association for Islamic Mobilisation and Propagation, nicknamed The Awakening, is an Islamist separatist group legally registered in Zanzibar. Led by Farid Hadi Ahmed, Uamsho seeks independence for Zanzibar from Tanzania.

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