The struggle of the Algerian people after the First World War
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06The struggle of the Algerian people after the First World War
Political and cultural resistance
Some leaders, such asEmir Khaled, grandson of Emir Abdelkader, tried tobenefit from Wilson's fourteen points, especially the right of self-determination, but his attemptfailed, like the similar attempts in Egypt and Tunisia.
Frenchsettlement and cultural policy aimed at destroying the Arab-Islamic Algerian identity, so anational Islamic movementappeared to preserve it, known asthe Association of the Ulema of Algeria (Jam'iyat al-Ulama).
It was led bySheikh Abdelhamid Ben Badis, a graduate of the University of ez-Zitouna (Tunisia), and bySheikh Bachir el-Ibrahimi, who was influenced by Imam Muhammad Abduh and Sheikh Rashid Rida.
The political currents
Point of comparison
The assimilation current
The independence current
Leader
Abbas Farhat
Messali Haj
Aim
That Algeria bepart of France without Algerians enjoying rights equal to those of the French
Demanding the independence of Algeriathrough the"North African Star" (Étoile nord-africaine)movement
After theSecond World War a current grew which held that independence could only be achieved by revolution, and these feelingsrose after the success of the July 1952 revolution in Egypt, its leadership ofArab nationalismand of themovement to liberate the Arab lands.
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