Loyal Muslim notables lost nearly everything after Algerian independence

Evidence

On 30 June, the day before Algeria held its referendum, the G.P.R.A. took the unprecedented step of dissolving the General Staff and dismissing Boumedienne, amid scenes that were the most tumultuous ever witnessed within the leadership of the F.L.N. Writing of this period in Le Monde one pro-F.L.N. French journalist, Jean Daniel, was “shocked by the intensity and vindictiveness of the rivalry, and astonished to find that mutual recrimination among Muslim leaders was much worse than it had been between the rebels and the French”. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1632 (#expands, via linked claim)

Salan energetically produced books at the rate of a volume a year, well into his seventies. Always the elegant “Mandarin”, with silver hair lightly tinted mauve or saffron, according to his mood, he lived in a comfortable Paris apartment surrounded by gilded buddhas, carved elephant tusks, opium pipes and all the artefacts of the Far East which he so loved. His pension was restored, and his many decorations for valour — but not his campaign ribbons, nor his rank. Nevertheless, “though I am just plain Monsieur Raoul Salan, everybody calls me mon général and they often salute me in the street!” he would claim. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1668 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Algerian war’s rebel generals lived out their lives in strange exile — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1668; Post-independence rivalry among Muslim leaders exceeded wartime bitterness against France — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1632

Related

• The Algerian war’s rebel generals lived out their lives in strange exile (similarity 0.89)
• Post-independence rivalry among Muslim leaders exceeded wartime bitterness against France (similarity 0.87)
• Rapidly shifting loyalties in wartime France weakened Algerian trust in any authority (similarity 0.80)
• Wartime Algeria indelibly shaped the post-1962 regime. (similarity 0.79)
• By late 1958 Muslim sentiment had hardened toward independence (similarity 0.79)
• European liberals and Muslim Algerians shared hopes for a negotiated peace before 1956. (similarity 0.78)
• Retired French generals remained subject to military discipline. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Post-independence rivalry among Muslim leaders exceeded wartime bitterness against France #expands (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1632
• The Algerian war’s rebel generals lived out their lives in strange exile #exemplifies (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1668