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(Educator) Abdelhamid Ben Badis was a prominent Algerian Salafi educator, scholar, and Islamic reformer who founded the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema in 1931. He played a crucial role in shaping Algerian cultural nationalism and had a significant impact on the country's Muslim politics leading up to the Algerian War of Independence. Through the Association, Ben Badis established educational institutions for Muslim children and published the monthly journal Al-Chihab, which promoted ideas on religious reform and addressed various religious and political matters until his death in 1940.
