المسيرة العلمية و السياسية للشيخ مولاي بن شريف في منطقة الظهرة بمستغانم (1883-1959)‎

الملخص EN

Mostaganem region has known an occurrence of a Religious resistance movement in all its forms, since the French occupation of Algeria where it has witnessed a popular resistance to this colonialism, and after its loss a new generation of Algerians has emerged, they searched for their Arabic Islamic identity through migration to the orient Countries to provide knowledge and return to their country as teachers and reformers.

Sheikh Moulay Ben Sherif was one of those remarkable people that Algeria knew in the 20th century, He founded a mosque and an institute to teach Algerians, challenging French procedures and laws which prevent this activity without it special licenses.

But with his strong will he managed to achieve this project and to awaken Algerians in the region from their long slumber towards an educational movement, but in return he created relationships with reformer scholars and heads of the national movement and kept in touch with The Sufis looking for uniting Algerians to fight against colonial France.

Therefore, we will present in this study the religious, political and revolutionary activities of Sheikh Moulay Ben Sherif in the Dhahra district of Mostaganem through archival documents of the French information system which was following the prominent figures and big Algerian families that were active in these fields.