Al-makki Ibn Badis And The Issues Of Algerian Society In The Second Half Of The 19th Century

Abstract

Algerian society had known in the second half of nineteenth century, many challenges, especially that concerning the identity, culture and norms which very sensitives are in any given state. French colonialism, tried to blur that identity and culture in order to control the society with new culture. However, the leaders of Algeria society, particularly Olammaa of Sharia, among them Sheikh Al-Makki Ibn Badis Al-Qusentini (1820-1890) who tried to face these challenges. The problem research of this study is: what extent was Sheikh al-Makki Ibn Badis able to face the challenges of Algerian society at this stage? And what was the impact of historical circumstances that affected his reform contributions? The objective of this study isto light of the role Sheikh Al-Makki Ibn Badis in the face of the French colonial policy in Algeria during the second half of the 19th century