Ahmad Tejan Sillah

Ahmad Tejan Sillah is a Sierra Leonean Shia Muslim scholar and Islamic preacher. He is the chief imam of the Freetown Central Mosque, one of the largest mosque in Sierra Leone. He is also one of the leaders of the Sierra Leone United Council of Imams, an Islamic organisation that is made up of imams across Sierra Leone. Sillah is one of the most prominent Islamic scholars in Sierra Leone. Sillah is a Shia Muslim of the Twelver branch of Shia Islam

Born and raised in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Sillah received a master's degree in Islamic studies at the Dar Al Tabligh Islamic University in the holy city of Qum in Iran.