SHEIKH
ISMAILA IDRIS (1937-2000)
THE
FOUNDER OF IZALA MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA
Izala Society, formally JamaΚΏat Izalatul Bid a Wa Iqamatis Sunnah (Society of Removal of Innovation and Re-establishment of the Sunnah),
also called JIBWIS, is an Islamic movement originally established in
Northern Nigeria to
fight what it sees as the bid’a,
(innovation), practiced by the Sufi brotherhoods. It is one of the largest Islamic
societies in Nigeria, Chad, Niger, and Cameroon.