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Izala Society, JIBWIS.
Izala may refer to: * Mount Izla, a low mountain ridge in southeastern Turkey, that was once the location of dozens of Christian monasteries * Izala Society, a Nigerian Wahhabi/Salafi organization created to fight Sufism {{disambig ...
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Mount Izla
Mount Izla ( syr, ܛܘܪ ܐܝܙܠܐ ''Ṭūr Īzlā' ''),Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Izla — ܛܘܪܐ ܕܐܝܙܠܐ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified January 14, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/100. also Mountain of Nisibis or briefly in the 9th century Mount Kashyari, is a low mountain or ridge near Nisibis in what once was Sassanid Persia, but is now southeastern Turkey, along the border with Syria. The ridge is the location of dozens of ancient monasteries which were built in the early centuries of Christianity. In modern times, all of the monasteries are in ruins except for that of Mor Melke reconsecrated in the 1930s, Mor Yakub Monastery, founded in in 2012–2013, and the Monastery of Mor Augin which was refounded in 2008 after being abandoned in the 70's. Though called a mountain, it is actually a ridge running from east to west, with a plateau on the northern (Turkey) side, and a plain on the southern (Syria) side. One end of the ridge is Dara, a Roman fort ...
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