User talk:Ethery A A

Ethery: pronounced (A3) in the berber language means "Star" plural Ethren (prounounced Eth-ren) used in Chawiland Amazigh of the Aures mountains of Algeria is a male name. Many people even native amazigh are mislead to believe it as a female name as they tend to translate the word "star" directly from the arabic relying heavily on the reference to the arabic language that dominated the cultural life for many centuries due to the religious practice whose sole vehicle was arabic. Translating strictly form the the berber language the name star is restricted to masculine gender. Because Amazigh names were forbidden or fell to the second rank to names inspired from islamic religion, they took second rank. Some name unidentified to the religious or arabic language have roots in the cultural heritage of berber and have been used to circumvent the prohibited use as official name and  were strictly used within a very narrow circle such as family or tribe. The rise of the berber identity has liberated many Amazigh from the fear as well as the complex of inferiority that was cultivated for centuries by arabic language promoters detrimentally to Berber language. We have since then observed a strong drive to "reintegrate" the cultural roots and progressively manifest an open defiance to any attempt to overshadow the expression of components of  identity. The struggle to reclaim their identity does not seem to be nearing to end. In naming their children historic names, referring to Numidian kings or  their descendants, Berbers  encounter a fierce opposition from the local administration that translate the will of the current governments. It took almost a year or so to a berber native of  Chawiland to confirm the name of his child "Gaya" in reference to a Numidan historic figure through a court decision ! This episode as well as many others can only be termed "we have an identity tailored for you" why do you want to revive your own" ? Some have realized that the Islamic religious dominance and its sterile  retrogressive effect  is a major obstacle in the affirmation of their identity have searched deep in the past  to revive the religion of their ancestors  and found an appeal in Donatism once more as the only alternative that reconcile their religious belief to their identity . In doing so they  mark again a unique territory where an old conflict of  religious ideas has given birth to this unique religion although not fundamentally different from Catholicism from a Doctrinal  stand point but far in measure of the outlook  of true people to their faith and genuine practice. The latter component remains a unique cultural berber highlight that was bred to create a flexible blend that eased the absorption of the religion in the Berber culture rather than the other way around as Islam has done.

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