Draft:Sadek Sellam

Sadek Sellam
Sadek Sellam
Born	1950; Douera, French Algeria
Occupation	Historian, journalist

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Sadek Sellam (born 1950 in Douera) is a French-Algerian historian and journalist, specializing in contemporary Muslim history.

Biography

Sadek Sellam was born in 1950 in the Algerian town of Douera, near Algiers, then under French colonization.

He possesses a particular expertise in the history of Islam in France and has highlighted or corrected errors of various ancient and contemporary Islamic scholars. He is often invited to meetings, conferences, or television shows where his interventions are engaging.

The historian has also updated certain ideas of members of the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulama.

Works

La France et ses musulmans : un siècle de politique musulmane (1895-2005), Fayard, 2006.
L'Islam et les musulmans en France, éditions Tougui (1987)
Être musulman aujourd'hui
Ahmed Boumendjel (1908-1982) De la conquête morale coloniale à la reconquête de la souveraineté nationale

Sadek Sellam has also written several prefaces to works by Malek Bennabi, Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali, Ali Merad, as well as press articles and articles on websites such as Oumma.com.

References

Category:20th-century French writers Category:21st-century French writers Category:French male writers Category:20th-century Algerian writers Category:21st-century Algerian writers Category:Algerian historians Category:French historians Category:French people of Algerian descent Category:People from Algiers Province Category:1950 births Category:Living people

Sadek Sellam
Born	1950 Douera, French Algeria
Occupation	Historian, journalist