Activists on social media platforms in a many Arab and European countries mourned the death of the young Mohammed Sharif, founder of the Maghreb Institute for the Study of Islam in the West, And organizer of educational studies in a number of Western countries.
According to his profile on Facebook, he was born and lived in Canada, graduated from the University of Medina, memorized the Holy Quran, and then founded the Maghreb Institute for the Study of Islam.
Muhammad lived his life in a number of Western countries, participated in many advocacy works around the world, and had many lessons and lectures in the call to Islam and introducing it. His institute, which he founded, is considered one of the most prominent institutes in teaching Islam in English, and it has branches in a number of countries.
The Morocco Center for the Study of Islam announced his death on July 21 in Dubai, at the age of 47, in a natural death, and his funeral was held the next day. We ask God that this be in the balance of his good deeds.”
The news of his death received a wide interaction across the platforms, as his colleagues and friends mourned him and expressed their grief over his loss, and many wrote about his advocacy work and his lectures that benefited from them.
His close friend, Dr. Walid Hakim, wrote that he spoke with him hours before his death, so the news was shocking to him, he wrote on his Facebook account, “Muhammed left a huge legacy behind him, which is the largest English-speaking Islamic institute in the world, and he was the pioneer of personal development based on Islam. thus, Talking about his legacy will need a whole book.”