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3
Februari
1912

France introduces selective conscription for Algerian Muslims

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📅 3 Februari 1912 📍 Algerije

A decree introduced a system of military recruitment for Algerian Muslims, with annual selection and partial conscription. It responded to French military manpower needs while extending obligations to a population denied equal political rights. Recruitment occurred within colonial inequality and generated opposition; it cannot be described as an equal civic bargain.

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Algerian Muslim conscripts

French military authorities

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French Army

colonial administration