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Algerian Christians: ‘We must not yield to fear’

October 1, 2014 Algeria Algeria, Bejaia, Kabylie, Oran, Tizi Ouzou

Notre Dame d’Afrique basilica in AlgiersWorld Watch Monitor The assassination of a French tourist by militants in Algeria has raised the fear of new terrorist attacks in the country. Hervé Gourdel, 55, was beheaded on September 24 by a radical Islamist group, ‘Soldiers of the Caliphate’ linked to Islamic . . . Read More

Algerian Christian refused burial in public cemetery

February 5, 2014 Algeria Bejaia, Burial, Islamic extremism, Kabylie, Ramadan, Tizi Ouzou

A Christian family in Algeria has been refused permission to bury their son in the local public cemetery because he was not a Muslim. “The leaders of the mosque demanded that I would have to follow Islamic burial rites if I was to bury my son in the cemetery,” said . . . Read More

Algerians stage picnics in protest against ‘forced’ fasting

August 6, 2013 Algeria Algeria, Bejaia, Islamic extremism, Kabylie, Ramadan

A march of protest followed the the picnic in Aokas, near Béjaïa. The sign translates: ‘Stop Salafists and Wahabites’, two Islamist groups.World Watch Monitor Around 200 people ate together at a public lunch in the city of Tizi Ouzou on Saturday (Aug 3) to protest against the “persecution of . . . Read More

Algeria’s Protestants want their churches back

June 27, 2013 Algeria Algeria, Algiers, Arab Spring, Bejaia, Bibles, Churches, Islamic extremism, Kabylie, Mostaganem, Protestant Church of Algeria, Protestants

The Protestant Church of Algeria (EPA) has reaffirmed its desire to regain control of several former churches used today for other purposes. Christians are the distinct minority in Algeria, representing less than 1% of Algeria’s 38 million inhabitants, and often face restrictions when seeking to build new churches. The presence . . . Read More

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Algerian Christians: ‘We must not yield to fear’

Algerian Christian refused burial in public cemetery

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