Association of Algerian Muslim Ulama

Islamic clergymen in Algeria organized to promote Muslim and Arab values during the French colonial period.

The Association of Algerian Muslim Ulama was formed in 1931 under the leadership of Shaykh Abd al-Hamid Ben Badis. In the Islamic reformist tradition, it affirmed Muslim values and the Arab identity of Algerians. In 1956 its leaders dissolved the organization and rallied to the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN; National Liberation Front).

— JOHN RUEDY