27/05/2021
The Algerian Islamic Scouts contributed to supporting the revolution, by raising young people to lead the struggle to liberate the homeland from the restrictions of settler colonialism, and its reappearance in Algeria after the First World War at the hands of the French whose goal was to raise their children, and it was a picture of the scouts in France, despite the involvement of some young men Algerians are in its ranks for their admiration for order, scout discipline, and uniforms.
But the celebrations of the centenary of the occupation, and the provocative demonstrations that accompanied them, in which the scouts participated, prompted the Algerians to withdraw from their ranks and move towards the establishment of an Algerian Islamic Scout.
The origins of the Algerian Islamic Scouts go back to the 1930s when a scout regiment was established in the city of Miliana under the name of the Ibn Khaldoun Regiment by Sadiq Al-Ghoul, and shortly thereafter a second regiment was established in the capital by Mohamed Bouras under the name of the Fellah Regiment in 1935, and obtained official accreditation in June 1936. Then the scouting regiments expanded to the rest of the Algerian cities, so the Raja Regiment and the Morning Regiment appeared in Constantine (1936), the Falah Regiment in Mostaganem (1936), the Iqbal Regiment in Blida (1936), the Qutub Regiment in the capital (1937), the Hayat Regiment in Setif (1938) and the Crescent Regiment in Tizi Ouzou (1936). 1938) and the Raja Batna regiment (1938) and the Star Regiment Baqlama (1938).
In the face of the increasing number of scouts, Mohamed Bouras thought of establishing the Algerian Islamic Scout University, which had the approval of the Popular Front government. The founding conference was held in El Harrach under the honorary presidency of Sheikh Abdel Hamid bin Badis, whose slogan was "Islam is our religion, Arabic is our language, and Algeria is our homeland."
The activities of the scout movement expanded, and the regiments spread throughout Algerian cities, and the movement gained great popularity among citizens, especially after it was sponsored by reform scholars under their supervision of scouting gatherings in various Algerian cities, Ibn Badis in Constantine, Tayeb Al-Uqbi in the capital, and Al-Bashir Al-Brahimi in Tlemcen.
And it has turned into a real school to indoctrinate young people with patriotic ideas, the principles of Islam and the Arabic language, and saturate with independent thought through scouting camps, presenting plays that express the miserable reality of Algerians under the yoke of occupation, chanting patriotic songs and spreading the spirit of national belonging among the youth. What made the intensive activity of the Algerian Islamic Scouts vulnerable to harassment by the French authorities, who did everything in their power to obstruct their activities.
The best article on this is the ex*****on of Mohamed Bouras, dated May 27, 1941, on the flimsy charge of "spying for the benefit of Na**sm".
Despite the obstacles, the scouts continued their patriotic duties by distributing the leaflets of the national parties, such as the publications of the People's Party and the leaflets of the Ahbab al-Bayan movement, holding formative meetings in the homes of the militants and participating in the demonstrations, most notably the participation of the scouts in the demonstrations of May 08, 1945, and the first one who cited the scouts was Bouzid Shaal, the bearer of the national flag, using the headquarters of Scouts as shelters for militants chased by the French police.
On the other hand, the Algerian Islamic Scouts formed a tremendous asset of men who were ready to carry out armed action, as the scouts raced to join the mujahideen at the outbreak of the liberation revolution, and declared themselves in response to the call of the National Liberation Front, supporting the National Liberation Army, with trained youths with a high spirit of discipline and loyalty to the homeland. And the liberation revolution found in the scouts conscious elements trained on work and order and ready to sacrifice for the sake of the homeland with complete conviction.
The leaders of the scouting regiments participated in the training of the soldiers of the National Liberation Army, and the health units of the National Liberation Army also benefited from the best scouts in the field of nursing and first aid, and among the most prominent scout leaders who held leadership positions in the revolution. Where were Algerian scouting teams formed in Tunisia and Morocco, and participated in the name of Algeria in several scouting activities in Rabat, Tunisia, Germany, and China, where the Algerian revolution found a balance of men among the scouts, who had the honor of martyrdom for the freedom of Algeria.
It should be noted that the Algerian Islamic Scouts have been a member of the Arab Organization since 1954 whose headquarters are in Cairo (Egypt), and it has also been a member of the Scout Union since the year 19, which has its headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland), and it has also been a member of the Scout Union of the Arab Maghreb since its inception in the year 1969.
May God have mercy on the martyr Muhammad Boras.
