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By Stephen Dakeinu HiUHwhtnnotk Nowa StaffWntor
‘"History;'* as Rappuhunnock. County author John Kiser noted. “» written by the victors.** Perhaps more accurately history is imagined by the victors, overlooking wrongs and olten proclaiming self-righteous destiny
What makes Kisers new book — ‘‘Commander of the Faithful. The Life and Times of Emir Abd el-Kader* — so compelling is the mirror it holds against American history both past and present, mad the reflection is not mjmmgm pleasant to look ah
Kiser calls this. “A story of true jihad.’* and it is about Algeria of 1830. and an Arab hero, Bmir Abd el-Kader — once greatly admired by many Americans including Abraham Lincoln — who. with his faith and sense of justice, stands against imperial aspirations of France; a France driven by national pride, arrogance and greed, “masquerading;’* said Kiser “as a 'civilizing* force.’*
When France began its colonization of Algeria in 1830, the inhabitants of its capital city Algiers, were described by the American consul there, William Shaler as “...civil, courteous and humans.** Shuler also noted that “extraordinary fanaticism or those of different religions, and professed the, “Mohammedan creed.’* without hostility toward anyone else.
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