The main turning point of the situation is considered to be the military couping the elected FIS, who were an anti-democratic anti-communist pro-landowner wahabbi fundementalists party, the reason they won is that they already had propaganda posts in every mosque, and the conditions of poverty Algerians faced in the last 80s due to the petrol price crash and Gorby being a scumbag. Many overlook this part but after the FIS was elected, a lot of work unions did a strike on them, so the economy went shit and banks and anything else stopped working.
I would probably not deny the first part of FIS's ideology, since they were funded by islamist gov't of Saudi Arabia and Iran
Reading back on this, though, in Wikipedia, it says that the FLN was implementing austerity policies upon Algeria (probably due to the USSR's forced dissolution), and that there wasn't any anti-FIS strikes mentioned after the FIS took power... unlike the pro-FIS strikes that came before it, which was mentioned
In fact, it seems in local gov't, before they took federal power
Once in power in local governments, its administration and its Islamic charity were praised by many as just, equitable, orderly and virtuous, in contrast to its corrupt, wasteful, arbitrary and inefficient FLN predecessors.[45][46]
That being said, I suspect this below was the actual immediate cause, which is understandable, plus the background of its anti-secular policies
In January 1991 following the start of the Gulf War, the FIS led giant demonstrations in support of Saddam Hussein and Iraq. One demonstration ended in front of the Ministry of Defense where radical leader Ali Benhadj gave an impassioned speech demanding a corp of volunteers be sent to fight for Saddam. The Algerian military took this as a direct affront to the military hierarchy and cohesion. After a project to realign electoral districts came to light in May, the FIS called for a general strike. Violence ensued and on 3 June 1991 a state of emergency was declared, many constitutional rights were suspended, and parliamentary elections postponed until December. The FIS began to lose the initiative and within a month the two leaders (Mandani and Benhadj) of the FIS were arrested and later sentenced to twelve years in prison.[50] Support for armed struggle began to develop among Bouyali's followers and veterans of the Afghan jihad and on 28 November the first act of jihad against the government occurred when a frontier post (at Guemmar) was attacked and the heads of army conscripts were cut off.[51] (Jesus Christ)
Do you have any sources that are contrary to these claims?
Iran didn't fund the FIS, it was rumors during the 90s without any proof, reason was that some takfiri groups were taking concubines and calling it "zawaj mit'ah", Shias also have a thing with the same name but both parties consent to marriage that its end is known.
Yeah the government took austerity measures and even took IMF loans that caused 1 million people to be unemployed, economy was too reliant on crude oils and the the price drop that happened destroyed it.
Yes the FIS leaders wanted to send soldiers to Iraq, it would've been suicide for us.
I would probably not deny the first part of FIS's ideology, since they were funded by islamist gov't of Saudi Arabia and Iran
Reading back on this, though, in Wikipedia, it says that the FLN was implementing austerity policies upon Algeria (probably due to the USSR's forced dissolution), and that there wasn't any anti-FIS strikes mentioned after the FIS took power... unlike the pro-FIS strikes that came before it, which was mentioned
In fact, it seems in local gov't, before they took federal power
That being said, I suspect this below was the actual immediate cause, which is understandable, plus the background of its anti-secular policies
Do you have any sources that are contrary to these claims?
Iran didn't fund the FIS, it was rumors during the 90s without any proof, reason was that some takfiri groups were taking concubines and calling it "zawaj mit'ah", Shias also have a thing with the same name but both parties consent to marriage that its end is known.
Yeah the government took austerity measures and even took IMF loans that caused 1 million people to be unemployed, economy was too reliant on crude oils and the the price drop that happened destroyed it.
Yes the FIS leaders wanted to send soldiers to Iraq, it would've been suicide for us.
I at least stand corrected on my first point...