'abd al-Hamid ibn Badis (1889-1940): Ideologist of Islamic Reformism and Leader of Algerian Nationalism.

• Main Author: Dirlik, A.
• Other Authors: Berkes, Niyazi. (Supervisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 1971
• Subjects: Islamic Studies.
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=108817

From 1925 till his death, 'abd al-Hamid ibn Badis, an Algerian who trained in the traditional Islamic sciences, set to reconstruct his society from the decadent state in which traditionalism and colonialism plunged it into to one in which Islamic principles and modernism could be reconciled. His ideas on the causes of decline, on the conditions for regeneration, on the relationship between Algeria, the East and the West, are to be found in the newspaper he edited, al-Shihab. It is the purpose of this thesis to make these ideas known. Their relevance for present day Algeria have also been considered. This study rewrites an important page of the history of change in Algeria. It also contributes to the further understanding of Islamic reformism which swept all Muslim countries after the nineteenth century.