| Abdelhalim Bensmaia | |
| Birth Date: | 1866 |
| Birth Place: | Algiers, French Algeria |
| Death Date: | 1933 |
| Death Place: | Algiers, French Algeria |
Abdelhalim Bensmaia (1866-1933)[1] was a prominent Islamic scholar. He was also a reformist, humanist and musician.
Bensmaia was born in Algiers into a family of Turkish origin.[1] His father, Ali Ben Abderrahmane Khodja, was the last mufti Malikite of Algiers.[1] His nephew, Omar Bensmaia, was a prominent visual artist and successful tobacco merchant.
He taught in Madrasa Thaalibia since its inauguration in 17 october 1904.[2] [3]
After his death in 1933, he was buried in the Thaalibia Cemetery of the Casbah of Algiers.