In a press meeting with the administration station linked to the General Command of the Algerian Muslim Scouts, Scout Captain Abdelkader Mukbi highlighted during his interview the history of the regiment named El-Kutb (the axis), which is considered to be one of the inveterate regiments. It traces its establishment to 1935, at the hands of the following group of scout leaders, in order: Ammar Lagha, Kadour Bakaar, Abdelkader Zakaar, Boualam Mousaaoui, Boualam SaadAllah. The Regiment was the second to be established in the history of the scouting movement after the El-Falah (success) regiment, it was then followed by the El-Shihab (the shooting star), El-Ijtihad (Diligence), El-Islah (The reformation), and the El-Kamal (Perfection) regiments. After the organisation of the French Youth, the martyr Mohammed Bourass saw the need to form an organisation for Algerian youths similar to the French organisation. Scout Captain Abdelkader Mukbi added that the spread of scouting regiments across the country helped greatly in uniting leaders together, which was the intention in the founding the Algerian Youth. Two martyrs of the liberation revolution came from the El-Kutb regiment, at a time when those involved in the revolution were organised within the framework of the scouting movement, with examples such as Mohammed Derwish, who was then employed as a French teacher, Scout Commander Rashid Mahi, a history teacher, as well as Ammar Lagha, who was the Head Treasurer of the Algerian Muslim Scouts during the period from 1947 to the year 1955, in addition to a collection of cultural figures, such as the artist Elkadir Elmarhoum, Abderahman Aziz, Jafar  Bak, Mohammed Eniha, Ben Didoush Elgouiti, Hassan Elhassani and others in the arts.

With regards to the participation of the regiment in international gatherings, Scout Captain Mukbi confirmed that some members of the El-Kutb regiment were part of the Algerian scouting delegation at the international Jamboree in France in 1947, in addition to the international jamboree in Canada, held in 1955, in which the participants worked to present the noble message of the liberating revolution, inviting all the world to assist in it, as well as during the Arab Conference held in Syria in 1954. The Algerian delegation was also fortunate to be received by the President of the Arab Rebublic of Egypt, President Jamal Abdelnasar. Finally, the scout captain emphasised during his discussion that the closure of scouting regiments and the cessation of their activities during the period of the French occupation of Algeria was due to the connection of over 3 thousand scout commanders from different regiments with the armed revolution. He was also resolute in calling all scouts to the necessity of preserving all of the values of the Algerian Scouting Movement, including its songs and principles, and work towards promoting it in the spirits of the children of this nation, as it is the foundation of their identity on an international level, as an Algerian cannot exist without knowing his or her origins.

 


 
 
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