Abdel hamid ben badis biography

Al-EmamAlbelhamid Ben Badis ( ), a leader of the reform movement in and founder of the society of Muslim 'scientists' (in the Islamic sense "Ulama") in .

His Life

Abd al Hamid Ben Badis was born in , a city in the North-East of .

Sheikh Ben Badis was an emblematic figure of the Islamic Reform movement in .

Abdel hamid ben badis biography wikipedia

Abd al Hamid Ben Badis was of an old town middle-class family which claimed descent from the Zirids a Berber Muslim dynasty founded in the 10th Century by Bologhine ibnZiri.

Education

Ben Badis grew up in a scholarly and religious household and as a result memorized the Quran at the age of thirteen.

He was still very young when he was placed under the tutorship of HamdanLounissi.

Lounissi exerted a significant influence on the youth of Ben Badis. Lounissi was a stalwart defender of the rights of the Muslim Inhabitants of Constantine. Lounissi extracted from the youth Ben Badis a promise to never enter i