Muslims invoked de Gaulle’s own words to justify flying the F.L.N. flag

Evidence

In Belcourt Edward Behr observed a scene which summed up the situation…a Moslem came careering round a corner on a motorcycle, tied to which was an enormous F.L.N. flag. A gendarmerie captain told him to put it away. “Pourquoi? On ne fait pas de mal,” he replied. “Le Général de Gaulle a dit: Algérie algérienne. On est Algérien, non?” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1306

Categorization

• SEED: A perfect anecdote for an essay on how stated policy language gets taken up and turned against its author by the colonized — the colonized reading the colonizer’s declaration to their own ends.
• FICTION: The motorcycle rider scene is a ready-made emblematic image for fiction set in the Algerian war’s final phase.
• XREF: connects to: De Gaulle’s 1958 arrival threatened the F.L.N. through fraternisation and a Muslim third force; Algerian Muslims turned de Gaulle’s own slogan against French authorities.; Muslim masses openly proclaimed support for de Gaulle and the F.L.N. simultaneously — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1305

Related

• Algerian Muslims turned de Gaulle’s own slogan against French authorities. (similarity 0.93)
• Muslim masses openly proclaimed support for de Gaulle and the F.L.N. simultaneously (similarity 0.87)
• De Gaulle’s 1958 arrival threatened the F.L.N. through fraternisation and a Muslim third force (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Muslim masses openly proclaimed support for de Gaulle and the F.L.N. simultaneously #exemplifies (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1305