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In his invaluable research "Shanqeet Homeland and the Orientalists," Dr. Bouha Muhammad Abdullah Sidi reveals the different stances of the orientalists towards (al muh.athirah) "the Shanqeetian Preparatory College" which used to play the role of lecturers in the Arabian Orient. Furthermore, he points out with accurate documentation how the preparatory college despite its humble structure was an obstacle in the face of Occidentalism, Frenchification and Christianization; also, how it was subdued for a meticulously detailed study, and how its clerics were strictly harassed in order to replace it with a French school curriculum. It is noticeable that the positive views shown by some orientalists never seemed to have been a barrier for their participation in the siege of the preparatory school (al muh.athirah) and in fighting against it as an implementation of the official French policy which was endorsing the spread of Christianization by imposition if it was necessary.
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