Emir Abd el-Kader: Hero and Saint of Islam (Perennial Philosophy)

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This bizarre biography of the Algerian warrior and Sufi saint, Emir Abd el-Kader (1807/8-1883), presentations his dazzling religious qualities within the fight against the French colonial authorities. The New York Times known as the Emir “some of the few nice men of the century,” whilst Abraham Lincoln and Pope Pius IX both commended the Emir for rescuing 15,000 Christians whilst in exile in Damascus. In 1846, town of Elkader, Iowa was once named in his honor.

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