BRIEF HISTORY AND FACT OF JAMA'ATU IZALATUL BID'A
BRIEF BLESSED FACTS ABOUT JAMAATU IZALATIL BIDAH WA IQAMATIS SUNNAH (JIBWIS), NATIONAL HEADQUATERS, JOS, NIGERIA THE FOUNDER; SHEIKH ISMAILA IDRIS BIN ZAKARIYYA (1937-2000) ESTABLISHMENT: Izala Society, formally JAMAATU IZALATIL BIDAH WA IQAMATIS SUNNAH (ORGANIZATION FOR THE ERADICATION OF INNOVATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SUNNAH), also called JIBWIS, was established fourty (40) years ago, in 1978, at Jos, Nigeria by SHEIKH ISMAILA IDRIS BIN ZAKARIYYAH (1937-2000), in reaction to the disastrous mixing of Islam with Innovations by Sufi brotherhoods, specifically the Qadiri and Tijjani Sufi orders. Today the Izala is one of the largest Islamic Societies not only in Northern Nigeria, but also in the South and even in the neighboring Countries (Chad, Niger, Cameroon, Benin and Ghana). It is very active in Dawa (propagation of the faith) and especially in education. The Izala has many institutions all over the country and is influential at the Local, State, and even Federal levels. L...