Abdelhamid Ben Badis
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Abdelhamid Ben Badis 🇩🇿

عبد الحميد بن باديس (Known as "Ben Badis")
Islamic Scholar, Reformer, Educator, Founder of the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema
Born Dec 04, 1889 🇩🇿 Constantine, Algeria
Passed Away Apr 16, 1940 Constantine, Algeria
Lifespan 50 years old
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"The Algerian nation is not France, cannot be France, and does not want to be France."

Archival Overview

Foremost leader of the Islamic revival and cultural renaissance in colonial Algeria, Ben Badis founded the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema and led a peaceful revolution of education and national identity.

Biographical Record

Shaykh Abdelhamid Ben Badis was born in Constantine into an ancient aristocratic family of scholarly distinction. After graduating from the University of Ez-Zitouna in Tunis, he returned to Algeria dedicated to educational reform, establishing an extensive network of modern free schools teaching Arabic, Islamic thought, and modern sciences to Algerian boys and girls.

In 1931, he co-founded and presided over the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema, coining the immortal creed: 'Islam is our religion, Arabic is our language, and Algeria is our homeland.' His journals, including Al-Muntaqid and Al-Chihab, dismantled colonial assimilationist claims and galvanized the intellectual foundations of Algerian national liberation.

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Final Resting Place

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Ben Badis Family Cemetery
Constantine, Algeria
GPS: 36.3650, 6.6147
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