Abdelhamid Ben Badis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Abdelhamid Ben Badis

Muslim scholar

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1889

Place of Birth: Constantine, Constantine Province, Algeria

Date of Death: 16-Apr-1940

Profession: teacher

Nationality: Algeria

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Abdelhamid Ben Badis

  • Abdelhamid Ben Badis (Arabic: ??? ?????? ?? ??????, Ben Badis; December 4, 1889 – April 16, 1940) was an emblematic figure of the Islamic Reform movement in Algeria.
  • In 1931, Ben Badis founded the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema, which was a national grouping of many Islamic scholars in Algeria from many different and sometimes opposing perspectives and viewpoints.
  • The Association would have later a great influence on Algerian Muslim politics up to the Algerian War of Independence.
  • In the same period, it set up many institutions where thousands of Algerian children of Muslim parents were educated.
  • The Association also published a monthly journal, the Al-Chihab and souheil Ben Badis contributed regularly to it between 1925 and his death in 1940.
  • The journal informed its readers about the Association's ideas and thoughts on religious reform and spoke on other religious and political issues.

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