All Posts Tagged With: "Algeria"

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ALGERIA: CHRISTIANS SENTENCED FOR SPREADING FAITH

Converts from Islam report discrimination following convictions.
ISTANBUL, July 3 (Compass Direct News) – A court in western Algeria convicted two Muslim converts to Christianity yesterday for illegally spreading their faith.
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4Jul2008 | Tim | 0 comments | Continued
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Church Extinction in Algeria?

Here is some great info from the Open doors Blog on how you can help the Church in Algeria!
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24Jun2008 | Tim | 0 comments | Continued
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ALGERIA: CHRISTIANS FOUND GUILTY OF PROSELYTIZING MUSLIMS

Four defendants receive fines and suspended sentences, two others acquitted.
ISTANBUL, June 3 (Compass Direct News) – An Algerian court gave four Christians suspended sentences and fines today for seeking to convert Muslims to Christianity, a Protestant church leader said.
The case is one of several that have sparked local media and French government claims that Algeria [...]

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ALGERIA-PROSECUTOR DEMANDS 2 YEAR SENTENCE FOR CONVERTS FROM ISLAM

In separate case, Christian woman’s verdict delayed due to international pressure.

ISTANBUL, May 28 (Compass Direct News) – A state prosecutor in western Algeria demanded two-year jail sentences and large fines for six Muslim converts to Christianity yesterday in one of two trials against Christians that have caught the north African nation’s attention in the [...]

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30May2008 | Tim | 0 comments | Continued
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WHY AUTHORITIES HAVE BEGUN CLAMPING DOWN ON CHRISTIANS

Increase in converts apparently alarms Islamic nation.

ALGIERS, Algeria, May 27 (Compass Direct News) – The debate was urgent and often heated at the annual meeting of the Protestant Church of Algeria (EPA) earlier this month. The looming question: whether to obey or disobey government orders that have closed over half of the North African country’s [...]

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28May2008 | Tim | 0 comments | Continued
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COURT PRESSURES WOMAN TO RENOUNCE CHRIST

Christian could face three years in prison for practicing faith ‘without license.’
ISTANBUL, May 23 (Compass Direct News) – An Algerian public prosecutor has demanded a three-year sentence for a convert to Christianity in western Algeria for practicing her faith “without license.”
Habiba Kouider, 35, was plucked off an inter-city bus outside of her home town of [...]

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23May2008 | Tim | 0 comments | Continued
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ALGERIA: AUTHORITIES DETAIN CHRISTIANS LEAVING PRAYER MEETING

Protestants charged with distributing literature to “shake the faith of Muslims.”
ISTANBUL, May 15 (Compass Direct News) – Algerian authorities have charged six Christians with distributing illegal religious material after detaining them as they left a prayer meeting in a western city last week.
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