TARIH OF SHEIKH ISLAM HAJJ IBRAHIM NIASSE (SWAHIBUL Shariatu wal Hakikat The following biography is based on “Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse: Revivalist of the Sunnah,” a paper presented by Shaykh Hassan Cisse to a Northwestern University conference on Muslim Scholars in Africa (1984). Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (1900-1975) was West Africa’s most renowned Islamic scholar in the twentieth century. His followers numbered in the millions and comprised the largest single Muslim movement in West Africa (Hiskett, 1984). He was also well-known among the ulama and leaders of the broader Muslim world and a member of such organizations as the Muslim World League (Rabitat al-‘Alam al-Islami based in Saudi Arabia, of which he served as Vice President), the World Muslim Congress ( Mutamar al-‘Alam al-Islami ; Karachi, Pakistan), the Islamic Research Assembly (Majma’ al-Buhuth al-Islamiyya ; Egypt) and the High Council of Islamic Affairs (Majlis al-‘Ala li al-Shu’un al- Islamiyya ; Egypt). Following a trip to Cairo, Egypt, in 1961, he became widely known as “Shaykh al-Islam” after having led the Friday prayers in the prestigious Azhar mosque.
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