Imam Al Maghili, eminent scholar and author of integrated reform project, says President Tebboune

ALGIERS- President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune highlighted, Monday in Algiers, the characteristics of Imam Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim Al Maghili, "an eminent scholar who left a legacy of virtue, and wisdom," and the author of an integrated reform project aimed at achieving the right path and preserving both stability and social security.
In a message to participants in the international symposium in Algiers on "Imam Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim Al Maghili: governance, unity and stability of African societies," read on his behalf by Minister of Religious Affairs and Wakfs, Youcef Belmehdi, President Tebboune recalled the course of Imam Al Maghili, which began with a scientific training with a host of eminent scholars, including the Algerian scholar Sheikh Sidi Abderrahmane El Thaalabi, and the Imam of Tlemcen Sidi Mohamed Ben Youcef El Senouci, and other Algerian scholars.
The efforts of Imam Al Maghili were crowned by "the spread of the precepts of Islam in the African continent. Thanks to him and his peers among the scholars like Sheikh Sidi Ahmed El Tidjani, Sidi Abderrahmane El Akhdari and many others, Islam has spread in vast areas of the African continent, such as Mali, Niger, Chad and other regions.
History has recorded his contributions in the field of teaching, counseling and reform, as the Imam helped set the rules for scientific institutions and cultural cities in different parts of Africa, he added.
These steps led these societies to take an interest in teaching, opening schools and taking care of students, said President Tebboune who noted that the effects of this scientific renaissance have continued for several centuries
 
President Tebboune approves creation of research center, adoption of African Cultural Week
 
ALGIERS- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune approved the “creation of a research center under the name “Imam Al-Maghili Center for African and Arab Researches and Studies” which will be “a lever for development in Africa,” and the adoption of an “African Cultural Week” called “Adrar, Capital of the African Culture,” whose cultural, tourism and economic festivities will coincide with the anniversary of Imam Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim Al-Maghili, said on Tuesday Ahmed Djaafri, the president of the international colloquium of Algiers on Imam Al-Maghili.
 
President Tebboune approved also the production of a feature film on this Algerian scholar, shedding light on his feats, achievements and qualities, and the adoption of an annual Prize of Imam Al-Maghili for the studies on heritage and culture, in addition to the continuation of the organization of annual editions of the colloquium and the publication of all his works.
 
The wrap-up ceremony of this colloquium was also marked by the awarding of a distinction to the President of the Republic by the descendants of Imam Al-Maghili in Niger and by Al Maghili University “in recognition of his remarkable efforts in the service of Africa, zawiyas, and university centers, as well as his support to historical researches to shed light on the pillars of the Islamic civilization.”
 
This distinction was also awarded for the efforts made by President Tebboune to “pay tribute to the spiritual, scientific and social symbols, and for the success of the scientific colloquium on Al Maghili.”
 
The works of Algiers’ International Colloquium on “Imam Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim Al Maghili: Governance, unity and stability of the African societies,” organized under the patronage of President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune as part of the celebration of the 60^th anniversary of the independence, wrapped up on Tuesday.