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What I did, I had to do in the name of Islam and respect for human rights.

Reflecting on his years of resistance and later humanitarian actions, the Emir framed his life's choices as guided by both religious duty and a commitment to human dignity.

Emir Abdelkader, Algeria

Source: Emir Abdelkader, quoted in Charles Henry Churchill, The Life of Abdel Kader (1867); also cited in John W. Kiser, Commander of the Faithful (2008)

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