tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448819476705505750.post8053978387416977852..comments2024-02-20T02:24:44.057-08:00Comments on Contemporary Algeria: Emir AbdelkaderDjamel Moktefihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00699679607814392031noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448819476705505750.post-36912986469966672472010-09-03T15:45:43.417-07:002010-09-03T15:45:43.417-07:00Did You Know?
In 1846, a village in the Missouri T...Did You Know?<br />In 1846, a village in the Missouri Territory was named after the Emir. Today it's known as Elkader, Iowa.<br /><br /><br />The emir's regulations for the treatment of his prisoners were a Koranically correct forerunner of the Geneva Convention.<br /><br /><br />Citizens of Bordeaux put Abd el-Kader's name on the ballot as a candidate in the French presidential elections of 1849.<br /><br /><br />A horse named Abd el Kader (called 'Little Ab' by the racing public) was twice winner of the British Grand National Steeple Chase.<br /><br /><br />"Allowing for certain exceptions of a theological nature, there is no Christian virtue that Abd el-Kader does not practice to the highest degree," wrote Dominican Sister Natalie who cared for the emir's family in prison.<br /><br /><br />The emir's most influential biographer was a descendent of the Duke of Marlborough, Col. Charles Henry Churchill, British military attaché in Lebanon.<br /><br /><br />The Suez Canal would not have been built in 1869 without Abd el- Kader's influence among the Arabs, and support for the French project.<br /><br /><br />President Lincoln honored Abd el-Kader as a great humanitarian for saving thousands of Christian lives in 1860.HAMMOUDI ABDELWAHABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271768916764508199noreply@blogger.com