Tarihin Musulunci A Ƙasar Igbo, Inyamurai
An shigar da Musulunci a cikin kasar Igbo, kudu maso gabashin Najeriya, a lokacin mulkin mallaka. Mun yi nazarin tarihin ci gaban addinin Musulunci a wannan yanki ta hanyar amfani da na baka, da taskance bayanai, da kuma rubuce-rubucen madogara, kuma gwargwadon iyawar da muka samu.
Fitaccen musulmi na farko shi ne Ibrahim Aduku. Ya fito ne daga Bida a Nupeland don yin cinikin dawakai da al’ummomin Enugu-Ezike a arewacin kasar Igbo. Jikan Aduku ya gaya muna cewa kakansa ya fara ziyartar Enugu-Ezike “a daidai lokacin da aka kafa tashar Burtaniya a garin.” Idan aka kwatanta bayanan mulkin mallaka da rahotannin kasuwanci, tare da hirarrakin da aka yi tsakanin 2003 zuwa 2009, mun yi kiyasin cewa Aduku zai isa yankin a wajajen 1909.
Ta hanyar Aduku, wasu ƴan kasuwa musulmi ƴan kasuwa da masu fafutukar Islama sun shiga arewacin ƙasar Igbo daga arewa ta tsakiyar Najeriya. A shekarar 1918 ne dai wasu gungun musulmi masu hijira suka fara isowa daga garin Oshogbo na yankin Yarbawa a kudu maso yammacin Najeriya. Wasu kuma sun fito ne daga Ilorin, arewa ta tsakiyar Najeriya, suka sauka a Ibagwa.
A cikin 1958, ƙungiyar farko da aka sani da musulunta a cikin Igbo ta faru a Enohia da ke yankin Abakiliki, kudu maso gabashin Najeriya. Okpani Nwagui, Kiristan Roman Katolika wanda shekara daya da ta gabata ya musulunta, shi ne ya shiga tsakani da wannan musulunta. Ya dauki sunan Ibrahim Niasse Nwagui.
Yakin Najeriya da Biafra ya barke a watan Yulin 1967, yawan mutanen Igbo da suka musulunta ya kai kusan 200.
A shekarar 1984, malami Abdurahman Doi ya rubuta cewa akwai ‘yan kabilar Ibo 3,450 na asali. Alkaluman na baya-bayan nan, wanda aka tattara daga bayanan aikin hajji a shekarar 2013, ya ce adadin ya kai 13,500.
Da bullar Boko Haram da yakin da suke yi da suke yi a Najeriya, Musulunci a kasar Igbo ya fuskanci rikici ya fara samun koma baya. Amma yayin da wasu ke barin Musulunci, wasu kuma suna shiga.
