Ibāḍī ‘aqīda-s in Berber

In North Africa, a large number of great Berber scholars emerged in the three communities of Jabal Nafūsa, Jerba Island and Southern Tunisia and Algeria, and participated greatly in Ibāḍī studies. These aimed at throwing light not only on the expansion of the Ibāḍī teachings in North Africa, but also on the Ibāḍī vision of Islamic theology. The Berber language was utilized as a vehicle for the diffusion of Islam in North Africa and many manuscripts were written since the beginning of the diffusion of this new doctrine. Beyond their historical value, these manuscripts are important because they contain a large quantity of details relating to the ancient Berber language, part of which still needs to be studied, analyzed and deciphered.