Malek Bennabi

Malek Bennabi (1905-1972) was an Algerian scholar-activist who ranks amongst the leading Muslim twentieth century men of ideas. For a biographical account of his early life, see Facets of Faith – Malek Bennabi and Abul AÊ»la Maududi, The early life and selected writings of two great thinkers of the twentieth century by M A Sherif. Islamic Book Trust, Kuala Lumpur, 2018 His famous works include:

• Colonisabilité – Problèmes de la civilisation, Algiers: Dar El-Hadhara, 2003.
• Idée d’un commonwealth islamique, Alger: El-Borhane, 2006.
• Le Phénomène Coranique, Essai d’une theorie sur le Coran, Algiers: Mosquee des Etudiants de l’Université d’Alger, not dated, probably in the 1940s, though his first manuscript was lost during World War II, which he then rewrote in 1945.
• Lebbeik, Pélerinage de Pauvres, Alger: En-Nahda, 1948.
• Les conditions de la renaissance, El-Borhane: Algiers, 2009

Compiler: Jamil