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Abdelhalim Bensmaia | |
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Born | 1866 |
Died | 1933 |
Abdelhalim Bensmaia (1866-1933)[1] was a prominent Islamic scholar.[2] He was also a reformist, humanist and musician.[3]
Bensmaia was born in Algiers into a family of Turkish origin.[1] His father, Ali Ben Abderrahmane Khodja, was the last mufti Malikite of Algiers.[1] His nephew, Omar Bensmaia, was a prominent visual artist and successful tobacco merchant.[2]
He taught in Madrasa Thaalibia since its inauguration in 17 october 1904.[4][5]
After his death in 1933, he was buried in the Thaalibia Cemetery of the Casbah of Algiers.
BENSMANIA Abdelhalim (1866-1933) Né à Alger dans une famille d'origine turque, son père Ali Ben Abderrahmane Khodja, dernier muphti malékite d'Alger, attacha une grande importance à son éducation morale et religieuse..