News Algeria Religion: Christianity and Religious Pluralism in Algeria
Despite their long history in the country, Christians in Algeria today constitute a religious minority that faces significant discrimination in the public ...
News Algeria Religion: Drought-stricken Algeria plans to import 1 million sheep ahead of Islam's Eid Al-Adha
ALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria's president has announced plans to import a staggering 1 million sheep ahead of this year's Eid al-Adha, the holiday during which Muslims worldwide purchase livestock for ...
News Algeria Religion: Algeria’s Mahrez Faces Ban from Egypt
Captain of the victorious Algerian team Riyad Mahrez faces being banned from Egypt after snubbing the countryâs Prime Minister and Sports Minister at the presentation ceremony of the Africa Cup of Nations. Mahrez shook hands with FIFA boss Gianni Infantino and was due to be greeted by Mostafa Madbouly and Ashraf Sobhy, who were next in the line-up to meet him, after the final against Senegal in Cairo last Friday.
News Algeria Religion: Retreat of the religious address
The recent events in Sudan and Algeria make clear that the last of ... people are right to adhere to such a ‘backward terrorist religion' or a ‘socially oppressive religion' which should ...
News Algeria Religion: Kamel Daoud’s novel "Zabor"
"Zabor", the new novel by Algerian star author Kamel Daoud, tells the story of the outsider Ismael, who discovers poetry as a means of survival. Stefan Weidner sees parallels in the novel with the situation in Algeria following the ousting of Bouteflika
News Algeria Religion: Islam, made in France? Debating the reform of Muslim organizations and foreign funding for religion
The French state, as protector of both religious freedom and secularism, is attempting to navigate the country’s balkanized Muslim community. But is the French state truly the best interlocutor to settle practical questions related to the organization of religion?
News Algeria Religion: Another Church Building Sealed Shut in Algeria
Islam is the state religion in Algeria, where 99 percent of the population of 40 million are Muslim. Since 2000, thousands of Algerian Muslims have put their faith in Christ. Algerian officials ...
News Algeria Religion: The Biggest Mosque in Africa is Now in Algeria, Not Morocco
Algeria has struggled with corruption ... According to Kamel Chachoua, an expert on religion at the Institute of Research and Studies on the Arab and Muslim World in Marseille, the decision to build ...
News Algeria Religion: Acquittals Upheld for Christian Converts in Algeria Charged With Inciting Muslim to Change Religion
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A convert from Islam in Algeria whose Muslim wife charged him with inciting her to change her religion won a final court battle in April — after ...
News Algeria Religion: Co-Opting Politics in Morocco
When it comes to religion, most Moroccans are adepts of the wasatiyya ... economic frustrations that have prompted the most recent waves of protest in Sudan and Algeria. Parachutage also contributes ...
News Algeria Religion: Ramadan: violence against those who do not fast
In Algeria, the law imposes fines and jail for those who offend ... in most countries where Islam is the state religion. However, intolerance finds no justification in Qur'anic sources or in the ...
