Algeria

Algeria: Grasping at straws

Algeria′s Islamists Grasping at straws Algeria′s myriad Islamist parties are either barred from the elections or internally divided over whether to support the government or join the opposition, limiting their chances of success. An analysis by Riccardo Fabiani Ahead of legislative elections on 4 May, Algeria′s Islamists are as divided […]

“Algeria not willing to fight the Ahmadiyya sect”, declares Algerian Minister of Religious Affairs & Waqfs

Source: http://en.aps.dz/algeria/18010-algeria-not-willing-to-fight-ahmadiyya-sect Algeria not willing to “fight” Ahmadiyya sect ALGIERS- Minister of Religious Affairs and Waqfs (Endowment), Mohamed Aissa declared Tuesday in Algiers that “the Algerian State is not willing to fight the members of Ahmadiyya sect,” stressing that they are not prosecuted for practicing a religious cult but for their […]

From the Algerian Press: Security Services Arrest 25 youth, Elders Of Ahmadiyya Followers

2Religious affairs minister: Algeria is protected from extremism 2017/01/15 Mourad.B/English version: Dalila Henac Research and investigation team dismantled, in coordination with other units of the National Gendarmerie, in Biskra (southern Algeria), on Sunday, a network that is affiliated with the Ahmadiyya community, which is made up of 25 people who […]

‘The Ahmadis of Algeria’, By Jacob Lindelöw Berntson

Source: https://conflictcauses.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/the-ahmadis-of-algeria-the-governments-most-convenient-security-threat/ Despite numbering in the few thousands, the followers of this branch of Islam have been branded a major security threat by the Algerian state. Now, they are facing both a crackdown and a propaganda war. By Jacob Lindelöw Berntson In the last six months, at least 70 individuals belonging […]

Algeria: Police arrests 12 members of Ahmadiyya Muslim community for proselytism

Source: https://me-confidential.com/15185-algeria-police-arrests-12-members-of-ahmadiyya-religious-community-for-proselytism.html The Algerian police Wednesday announced the arrest of 12 members of Ahmadiyya religious community accused by authorities for promoting the outlawed movement. The men were arrested at Chlef, north of the country, the national police announced in a statement aired on radio. “Members of this movement were in possession […]

Ahmadiyya and Algeria

Source: ME Confidential The Algerian police Wednesday announced the arrest of 12 members of Ahmadiyya religious community accused by authorities for promoting the outlawed movement.The men were arrested at Chlef, north of the country, the national police announced in a statement aired on radio.“Members of this movement were in possession […]

Why Ahmadiyya being targeted?

Source:Quora They are extremists having wrong interpretation of religion, misguided, ignorant,and misguiding others to act like them doing it for political and personal benefits. We condemn such acts. Some groups of Muslims use unlawful means and suicide bombers, bombing in the name of religion to kill and harm non-Muslims including […]

Human Rights Without Frontiers is calling upon the Algerian authorities to stop harassing & imprisoning Ahmadis Muslims

Source: http://hrwf.eu/algeria-waves-of-arrests-of-ahmadis/ By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (06.02.2017) – In the last two weeks of January 2017, many Ahmadis were arrested during multiple police crackdowns in Algeria. Their names have not been made public. In Sidi Bel Abbès, two individuals were sentenced to three years in prison, three […]