Essay Archive - Changing Attitudes of Ferhat Abbas
Changing Attitudes of Ferhat Abbas
Ferhat Abbas believed in the peaceful solution and that the French are
willing to co-operate with the Algerians. With this co-operation, he thought, it
was possible for all to live together. He was brought up and thought to believe
in democracy and parliament, to look for these in a peaceful fashion and that
the people have to be asked what to do with their country and not to be
terrorised to be convinced differently. However in the 1950's we can see a
clear change, a turn in his thoughts. He accepts more violent ways in order to
gain wha....
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