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also probable that France and Spain, vvhile proposing peaceon the basis of indenpendence to 'Abdal-Karim, vvill on purposeprolong the time negotiation so that they can preparethemselves militarily and attack him, by surprise, onceagain... Anyvvay, if this proposition is not genuine today, itvvill be tomorrovv. After Turkey, this is the second nation inthe Müslim vvorld to gain its independence from the Westernpovvers though armed struggle and holy vvar.Turks knovv more than any other nation vvhat are the risksand problems the independence path is paved of. For thisreason, Turks do not believe that the matter vvill be settledvvhen the French and the Spanish say to mujahid 'Abdal-Karim "Let's recognize independence and agree to peace".Nevertheless, they appreciate the importance of the roundthat the Rifıans gained on the path of their independencecause. 22Asim set out to see in the Rifıan state in the making a sister experimentof Turkey's. As a matter of fact, the acuracy of Asims informationvvas paralled vvith relevant foresights. While expressing a jubilant vvelcometo the nevv state, he vvarns against the intricacies of Western diplomacyand strategy. History proved many of his foresights to be true. Theprocess led to Bin 'Abd al-Krim's surrender in May 1926.3. Afiya Bin 'Abd al-Karim and Atatürk (outline)In this section, I vvill revievv some of the salafi attitudes tovvard bothMustafa Kemal and bin 'Abd al-Karim, basically through the materialpublished by al-Manar, the vvell knovvn salafi periodical appearing inCairo in the late 1920s and 1930s. Kemal vvill evolve from a heroe statusto a devil status as the his action vvill progressively put emphasis on secularismafter the abolition of the caliphate. Meanvvhile Bin 'Abd al-Karimvvill gain the position of the nevv heroe of islam. It is in the same periodicalthat vve find some indication about hovv Bin 'Abd al-Karim vvas vvellavvare of Kemal's modernization measures, and hovv he tried to fınd inspirationin some of them. His eventual failure put on the account of bothforeign encirclement and local traditional oppositions, mainly from thetariqas.In conclusion, it is relevant to emphasize the close attention paid byimportant segments of the Moroccan and Turkish societies to the unfoldingevents each of them vvas experiencing. I addition, it is interesting tonotice that for many Moroccan intellectuals, the debate about such sensitiveissues as the caliphate, vvas much less heated than in the East althoughraising much concern as vvell.22. Vakit, 12 July 1925.652