Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema

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The Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema (French: Association des Oulémas Musulmans Algériens, AOMA), commonly known as Jam'iyat al-'Ulama, was a cultural and religious movement in French Algeria.

History

The organisation was established in 1931 by Abdelhamid Ben Badis, with a leadership consisting largely of middle-class men, most of whom were Arab-speaking schoolteachers.[1] It supported Islamic refomism and was strongly opposed to the marabouts.[1] It opposed assimilation with the French, but did not support independence, instead supporting linguistic nationalism and loyalty to France.[1] Despite this, the French authorities sought to closely control the organisation, eventually leading to it to form alliances with nationalist parties.[1] In 1936 it formed the Algerian Muslim Congress (CMA) alongside the Algerian People's Party and the Federation of Elected Natives.[2]

When Ben Badis died in 1940, Bachir Ibrahimi became AOMA president.[1] It supported the Friends of the Manifesto and Liberty after its formation in 1944.[3] In 1956 AOMA was dissolved by the French authorities.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Frank Tachau (1994) Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa, Greenwood Press, pp4–5
  2. ↑ Tachau, p7
  3. ↑ Tachau, p30
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