What Is the Best Description of the Jihad of Abd

question 26

Multiple Choice

What is the best description of the jihad of Abd al-Qadir?

• A)The jihad began in the 1840s and lasted until the death of Abd al-Qadir in 1853.
• B)Abd al-Qadir successfully defended Algeria against the French for about fifty years.
• C)It ended almost as quickly as it began, with terrible losses for the African Muslims.
• D)In many ways it predicted the Algerian war for independence a century later.
• E)It was actually a thinly-disguised attempt by al-Qadir to seize political control of Algeria.

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