Moderate Muslim and European integrationists were driven from the field after Philippeville

Evidence

The first, and perhaps most disappointing, blow came on 26 September when sixty-one Muslim second college deputies signed a statement repudiating “integration”. Denouncing “blind repression” and “collective responsibility” as a cause of their dissatisfaction, they declared the concept of integration to be “now out-dated”, adding: “The overwhelming majority of the population now supports the Algerian national idea.” The impact of Philippeville and its ensuing backlash was clear here, and moderate Muslim leaders had been left in no doubt that the assassination of Ferhat Abbas’s nephew had been intended as a warning for them. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 391 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

His whole career is one of utmost relevance in this story, for it was symptomatic of how the liberal moderate — through successive disillusions — becomes superseded by the revolutionary extremist. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 110 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Philippeville massacre proved a strategic net gain for the F.L.N.; The Philippeville massacre was a net gain for the F.L.N. despite its horror; Philippeville’s backlash drove moderate Muslim deputies to repudiate integration — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 391 (+2 more)

Related

• Philippeville’s backlash drove moderate Muslim deputies to repudiate integration (similarity 0.95)
• The Philippeville massacre was a net gain for the F.L.N. despite its horror (similarity 0.84)
• The Philippeville massacre proved a strategic net gain for the F.L.N. (similarity 0.82)
• Liberal moderates in Algeria became revolutionaries through successive disillusionments (similarity 0.82)
• Defeated reformism pushed moderate nationalists toward the F.L.N. and total independence (similarity 0.81)
• Philippeville’s slaughter convinced the F.L.N. that terror paid strategically (similarity 0.80)
• Pressure from the settler right and Paris politics crushed moderate reform from both sides (similarity 0.79)
• French rejection of moderates repeatedly drove them toward revolutionary extremism (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Philippeville’s backlash drove moderate Muslim deputies to repudiate integration #corroborates (0.90) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 391
• The Algerian War’s aftermath migrated with émigrés into France’s banlieues #expands (0.60)
• Liberal moderates in Algeria became revolutionaries through successive disillusionments #corroborates (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 110