The spiritual dimension of fasting and religious occasions in the face of colonial politics through the réformiste press

Abstract

The Islamic religion is the main pillar in the life of Algerian society, therefore, French
colonialism made it the main objective and subdued it to all kinds of distortion, and this
Wrapping around the Islamic religion may be an obstacle to the ambitions of the colonial
administration, for that France, along with its colonial war, launched a Crusade, turning most
of the mosques into churches, military barracks and sanatoriums, And Religious holidays to
normal days.
The religious life of the colonial period of Algerians has been a strong bond in maintaining
their identity and history, because colonialism tried to undermine the factors of their cohesion,
when he failed to realize his colonial project he tried to transform their cultural and spiritual
destination