Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi
".. the ignorant began to believe that the source of faith in Islam is rudeness, cruelty, and intolerance of other faith» © letter from Abd al-Qadir to Imam Shamil, 1861
".. the ignorant began to believe that the source of faith in Islam is rudeness, cruelty, and intolerance of other faith» © letter from Abd al-Qadir to Imam Shamil, 1861
Abd El-Kader ibn Muhieddine (6 September 1808 near Mascara – 26 May 1883 Damascus), (Arabic: عبد القادر ابن محيي الدين ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥyiddīn) known as Emīr ʿAbd al-Qādir or ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jazāʾirī) was an Algerian Islamic scholar, Sufi, political and military leader who led a struggle against the French invasion in the mid-nineteenth century, for which he is seen by some Algerians as the "modern Jugurtha"[1] and a national hero. In France, after having been considered as an enemy during the first half of the 19th century, he became considered as a "friend of France" after having intervened in favor of persecuted Christians in Syria in 1860. © Wikipedia