Apostasi i Algeriet

Algeria: Why authorities have begun clamping down on Christians. - Compas Direct News 27/05/08
Increase in converts apparently alarms Islamic nation. Half of the country's 50 protestant churches have been closed. Most of the closures stem from enforcement of Ordinance 06-03, a law restricting worship of non-Muslims passed in February 2006 but not enforced until this year. In addition to church closures, Protestants have been arrested in western Algeria as they travel between cities or exit religious meetings, and Catholics have been prevented from regular ministry activities outside their church walls. .. “They are trying to scare people that Algeria is becoming Christian,” said an Algiers leader. “And they are trying to scare the Christians to stop evangelizing.” Read more.

Algeria: "Christian sentenced for carrying Bible" - Compas Direct News 10/05/08
Police pressure convert to return to Islam during ‘illegal’ five-day detention. "An Algerian Christian detained five days for carrying a Bible and personal Bible study books was handed a 300-euro (US$460) fine and a one-year suspended prison sentence last week, an Algerian church leader said."Read more.

"Algeria: Christians sentenced for 'proselytism'" - Compass Direct News 14/04/08
"An Algerian Christian was handed a two-year suspended sentence for “proselytism” yesterday amid an ongoing government crackdown on 26 of Algeria’s 50 Protestant congregations, a church leader said."   Read more.

Analysis of the Algerian regulations on non-Muslims 2006" - Barnabas Foundation 01/05/06
"The new set of regulations which were introduced by the Algerian government in 2006 to legislate the religious activities of non-Muslims severely threatens the growing Christian Church in that country. They not only contravene the Algerian Constitution, but also the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both of which Algeria has signed." Read more.

"Anti-conversion law passed in 'tolerant' Algeria" - WorldNetDaily.com 30/03/06
"five years and a fine of up to about $12,000 for whomever "incites, constrains or utilizes means of seduction tending to convert a Muslim to another religion, or by using to this end establishments for teaching, for education, for health, of a social or cultural nature, or training institutions, or any other establishment, or any financial means, makes, stores, or distributes printed documents or audiovisual productions or by any other aid or means, which has as its goal to shake the faith of a Muslim." In addition, the Algerian government now will regulate all places where Christians can worship, with the officially-Muslim government having to explicitly approve any new Christian church. House churches are explicitly banned. The law says, "Collective exercise of religious worship takes place exclusively in structures intended for this purpose, open to the public and identifiable from the exterior.""  Read more.