El-Hachemi Chérif

Hachemi Chérif (الهاشمي الشريف), commonly known as El-Hachemi Chérif, born October 5, 1939 in Atallah (Commune of Toudja). He is the son of Smail Chérif and grandson of Cheikh El-Hocine Chérif, a great “faqīh” (specialist in Islamic jurisprudence), who lived at the beginning of the 20th century in Ihaddaden (Toudja) in a house converted provision by the Ihaddaden family to teach Arabic and the Koran to the children of Toudja and contribute as much as possible to their education. Following Cheikh El-Hocine, it was his son Larbi, a graduate of the Benbadis Institute in Constantine and member of the Association of Algerian Ulemas, who replaced him around the mid-thirties, in order to continue the mission started by his father. The latter married the sister of Aami Salah Oul-Mahdi (Mahdi Salah), from the town of Ibourdjiouen. El-Hachemi was raised in his early youth by his uncle Cheikh Larbi Ben Cheikh El-Hocine in Toudja where he received his primary education in both Arabic and French. ...