Algeria: New Trials Shake Ahmadi Minority
More Than 50 Tried in December on Charges Relating to Religion (Beirut) – Algerian authorities have stepped up trials of members of the Ahmadiyya religious minority on charges related to […]
Turkish-Algerian partnership launches Africa’s largest textile facility
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL AA Photo Related Articles Economy Turkey’s annual textile, apparel exports nearing $30B A Turkish-Algerian joint venture has launched one of Africa’s largest […]
Algeria: Laws to Prevent ‘Alteration’ of Citizens’ Religious Convictions
Source: Asharq Al-Awsat Since 2008, according to the minister, all Imams finished their religious education programs and memorized the Qur’an because these measures are important to ensure moderate speech that could serve the country. Eissa himself is in a war against al-Ahmadiyya sect and Shiaism in the country. Recently, he told state radio […]
Ahmadi Muslims Face Growing Persecution in Algeria
Source: https://muftah.org/ahmadi-muslims-face-growing-persecution-algeria/#.WdkP_4-CzIU | Fatima Mohie-Eldin On August 28, Mohamed Fali, the leader of Algeria’s Ahmadiyya Muslim sect, was arrested. On September 13, he was sentenced to a six month suspended prison term and a fine of 20,000 Algerian dinars, on charges of “offending Islam” and “unauthorized fundraising.” Similarly ill-defined charges have been leveled […]
266 Ahmadis among a community of 2,000 have faced bogus prosecution over the past 15 months in Algeiria
Source: huffingtonpost.com Algeria rejects a Spanish ambassador and draws fire from Human Rights Watch over treatment of minorities. Madrid tried to send José Maria Ridao, a formed ambassador to UNESCO, to represent Spain, but Algiers slammed him for his history of visits and lectures in Morocco. Meanwhile, an HRW communique calls […]
Algeria’s Ahmadis, an ‘Israeli plot,’ forced to worship behind closed doors
Pacifist Muslim sect, which operates freely in Israel, is accused by Algerian government minister of working with Israel to destabilize country BY AMAL BELALLOUFI August 25, 2017, A member of Algeria’s small Ahmadi community sits at a house in Tilpasi, west of Algiers, near a photo of Mirza Ghulam […]
Concerns over suspicious cult in Algeria
August 22, 2017 | Published in: Africa, Algeria, News Karakaria sect in Algeria [Echoroukonline.com] August 22, 2017 at 3:40 pm Imams and sheikhs in Algeria have issued warnings about a […]
Egypt blocks Algerian humanitarian-aid convoy into Gaza
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Egyptian security forces stand guard at the border as Palestinian Muslim pilgrims arrive at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip, […]
The Ahmadis of Algeria: Government’s most convenient security threat?
Source: https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/the-ahmadis-of-algeria-the-governments-most-convenient-security-threat.511921/ | By Jacob Lindelöw Berntson Despite numbering in the few thousands, the followers of this Ahamdiyya Islam have been branded a major security threat by the Algerian state. Now, they are facing both a crackdown and a propaganda war. In the last six months, at least 70 individuals belonging to […]
Algeria: Amnesty International calls to halt the wave of arrests & prosecutions of Ahmadi Muslims
Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/06/algeria-wave-of-arrests-and-prosecutions-of-hundreds-of-ahmadis/ Algeria must halt its clampdown against members of the minority Ahmadiyya religious movement, said Amnesty International today, ahead of the appeal hearing on 21 June of six Ahmadis sentenced to up to four years in prison for charges relating to the exercise of their religion. There are an estimated […]
Algeria: Wave of arrests and prosecutions of hundreds of Ahmadis
19 June 2017, Algeria must halt its clampdown against members of the minority Ahmadiyya religious movement, said Amnesty International today, ahead of the appeal hearing on 21 June of six Ahmadis sentenced to up to four years in prison for charges relating to the exercise of their religion. At […]
Algerian Human Rights Organization Condemns Targeting of Ahmadi Muslims
Source: http://stopthepersecution.org/2017/06/algerian-human-rights-organization-condemns-targeting-of-ahmadis/ ALGERIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION CONDEMNS TARGETING OF AHMADI MUSLIMS 12TH JUNE 2017 / / The Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH) has condemned the Government’s crackdown on the Ahmadiyya Muslim minority. Referring to the arrests of the Algerian Ahmadis, the LADDH called it an unacceptable infringement of […]
ALGERIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION CONDEMNS TARGETING OF AHMADI MUSLIMS
12TH JUNE 2017 / / The Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH) has condemned the Government’s crackdown on the Ahmadiyya Muslim minority. Referring to the arrests of the Algerian Ahmadis, the LADDH called it an unacceptable infringement of the freedoms of worship, The organization also called for the […]
U.S. Mission to UN condemns Algeria’s treatment of Ahmadis
Rabwah Times: At the 27th session of the United Nation’s Universal Periodic Review held in Geneva, Switzerland, the United States mission to Geneva expressed its concerns over the arrest of minority Ahmadiyya Muslims in Algeria. The U.S. representative at the session, Sheila Leonard said: We are concerned by recent arrests of […]
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 […]
Algerians to elect new parliament amid apathy, president’s absence
By Reuters – May 01,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Algerian city employees install Algerian flags and President’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika poster on the streets ahead of the parliamentary election in Algiers, Algeria, on Wednesday (Reuters photo) ALGIERS — In a sports arena festooned with national flags, Algeria’s ruling FLN Party […]
Algeria defends Ahmadiyah sect arrests, community says vilified
By Reuters PUBLISHED: 16:31 BST, 28 April 2017 By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS, April 28 (Reuters) – Algeria’s government has rejected accusations from rights groups that it persecuted the Ahmadiyah religious sect during a recent spate of arrests, saying those detained were targeted for breaking the law not for their beliefs. […]
“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 […]
Open letter to Mohamed Aïssa: the Ahmadis in Algeria also wish to fight the Takfir!
Lettre ouverte à Mohamed Aïssa: les Ahmadis en Algérie souhaitent également lutter contre le Takfir ! The Minister for Religious Affairs, You have not answered my last letter to ask you for an interview on the question of the Ahmadis, and we do not blame you. We understand that judicial […]
Algeria: Religion/ Sale temps pour les ahmadis
avril 1, 2017 Abdou Semmar Les ahmadis continuent de subir l’inquisition dans l’indifférence générale. Plusieurs d’entre eux ont été condamnés ces derniers jours dans plusieurs régions du pays. C’est le cas […]