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'''Abbas el Hocine Bencheikh''' called '''Sheikh Abbas''' ( |
'''Abbas el Hocine Bencheikh''' called '''Sheikh Abbas''' (1912 – 3 May 1989), was an Algerian diplomat, cleric, writer, and rector of the Muslim Institute and the [[Great Mosque of Paris]]. |
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After theological studies in family brotherhood and once aged 21, Sheikh Abbas studied at the Islamic University of Zaytuna in Tunis and that of al-Qarawiyyin in [[Fes|Fez]]. After ten years, he returned to Algeria and became the disciple of the reformer [[Abdelhamid Ben Badis]]. He campaigned with him for religious and political reform (commonly known as "al-iṣlāḥ" by [[Muslim]] reformists). At independence of [[Algeria]], he was appointed ambassador to Saudi Arabia, following his resignation from the post he has held the office of President of the Supreme Islamic Council of Algeria, a seat he left |
Abbas was born in Mila [[Algeria]] in 1912. After theological studies in family brotherhood and once aged 21, Sheikh Abbas studied at the Islamic University of Zaytuna in Tunis and that of al-Qarawiyyin in [[Fes|Fez]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} After ten years, he returned to Algeria and became the disciple of the reformer [[Abdelhamid Ben Badis]]. He campaigned with him for religious and political reform (commonly known as "al-iṣlāḥ" by [[Muslim]] reformists).{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} At independence of [[Algeria]], he was appointed ambassador to Saudi Arabia, following his resignation from the post he has held the office of President of the Supreme Islamic Council of Algeria, a seat he left to pursue weekly preaching in the [[Djamaa el Kebir]] mosque. In 1982, Sheikh Abbas took charge of the [[Great Mosque of Paris]], succeeding Sheikh [[Hamza Boubakeur]]. He restructured the mosque by creating a second prayer room and putting in place additional social services.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} |
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He allowed the mosque to receive a share of a specific budget from the Department of [[Financial endowment|Endowments]] of Algeria and secondly to develop a body of |
He allowed the mosque to receive a share of a specific budget from the Department of [[Financial endowment|Endowments]] of Algeria and secondly to develop a body of 80 imams.<ref name="test">[http://www.mosquee-de-paris.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Itemid=61 Abbas Bencheikh], official website of the Paris mosque</ref> |
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He intervened to resolve the painful issue of divorce between binational families, especially in defending the rights of French mothers whose children had been brought in Algeria after the divorce. He also interjected to facilitate the return of many French-Muslims ([[Harkis]]) who had left the [[Algeria]] since independence in 1962 and stay there instead. |
He intervened to resolve the painful issue of divorce between binational families, especially in defending the rights of French mothers whose children had been brought in Algeria after the divorce. He also interjected to facilitate the return of many French-Muslims ([[Harkis]]) who had left the [[Algeria]] since independence in 1962 and stay there instead.{{cn|date=June 2022}} |
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Abbas died in [[Paris]] in 1989. |
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He hosted many conferences in various regions of France ([[Lille]], [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]]...). |
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*[[Association of Algerian Muslim Scholars]] |
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Latest revision as of 07:29, 28 April 2024
Abbas el Hocine Bencheikh called Sheikh Abbas (1912 – 3 May 1989), was an Algerian diplomat, cleric, writer, and rector of the Muslim Institute and the Great Mosque of Paris.
Abbas was born in Mila Algeria in 1912. After theological studies in family brotherhood and once aged 21, Sheikh Abbas studied at the Islamic University of Zaytuna in Tunis and that of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez.[citation needed] After ten years, he returned to Algeria and became the disciple of the reformer Abdelhamid Ben Badis. He campaigned with him for religious and political reform (commonly known as "al-iṣlāḥ" by Muslim reformists).[citation needed] At independence of Algeria, he was appointed ambassador to Saudi Arabia, following his resignation from the post he has held the office of President of the Supreme Islamic Council of Algeria, a seat he left to pursue weekly preaching in the Djamaa el Kebir mosque. In 1982, Sheikh Abbas took charge of the Great Mosque of Paris, succeeding Sheikh Hamza Boubakeur. He restructured the mosque by creating a second prayer room and putting in place additional social services.[citation needed]
He allowed the mosque to receive a share of a specific budget from the Department of Endowments of Algeria and secondly to develop a body of 80 imams.[1]
He intervened to resolve the painful issue of divorce between binational families, especially in defending the rights of French mothers whose children had been brought in Algeria after the divorce. He also interjected to facilitate the return of many French-Muslims (Harkis) who had left the Algeria since independence in 1962 and stay there instead.[citation needed]
Abbas died in Paris in 1989.
References
[edit]- ^ Abbas Bencheikh, official website of the Paris mosque
See also
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