Church Closures Increase Pressure on Algeria’s ChristiansMarch 6, 2018 — ICC Note: An Algerian church established over 20 years ago has been closed for four months. The authorities closed the church saying that it lacked state approval and had illegally...
Algerian Authorities Close More Churches as State Increases Pressure on ChristiansMarch 2, 2018 — ICC Note: Algerian police have sealed off two more churches, saying they did not have state approval. Like other churches that have been recently closed, the churches were told the...
Algerian Believers Arrested and Authorities Step Up Pressure to Close ChurchesDecember 27, 2017 — ICC Note: Three Algerian believers have been arrested after police found them in possession of Christian literature. Though they were later released, they may face charges of proselytism. The same...
Algerian Authorities Close Bookstore Accused of Illegally Printing BiblesNovember 22, 2017 — ICC Note: Police have closed a church in Algeria, which included sealing the portion of the church featuring a bookshop. The shop was raided by police last month, and the...
Algerian Authorities Persist in Efforts to Shut Down ChurchesNovember 6, 2017 — ICC Note: Algerian authorities are persisting in their efforts to close churches whose congregants worship in nonreligious buildings, citing a 2006 law which regulates non-Muslim worship. Churches cite the 2016...
Algeria Cracks Down on House Churches, Attempts to Close Two Churches In NorthOctober 20, 2017 — ICC Note: The oversight by Algerian authorities of churches continues to prevent Christians from worship. Authorities in Algeria’s northern region are claiming that a 2006 law which regulates non-Muslim worship...
Algerian Christian Convicted of Blasphemy Goes on Hunger StrikeOctober 11, 2017 — ICC Note: A Christian convert convicted of blasphemy for a facebook post and originally sentenced in 2016 to five years in prison has gone on a hunger strike protesting the...
Surrounded by Hostility, Algeria’s Christians Struggle to Meet Day-to-Day NeedsSeptember 21, 2017 — ICC Note: Algeria’s Christians are forced to live in an environment hostile to religious minorities, and Muslim converts to Christianity are especially at risk. The law does not prohibit conversions,...
A year in prison for Algerian Christian for Facebook postJanuary 13, 2017 — ICC Note: An Algerian Christian has been sentenced to one year in prison for a Facebook post insulting the prophet Muhammad. This comes after a year-long battle in courts for...
The Christian Silmane Bouhafs is Threatened by Fellow Inmates in PrisonNovember 16, 2016 — ICC Note: Algerian Christian prisoner, Silmane Bouhafs, has recently been physically assaulter in prison and his family is concerned for possible future attacks. The recent attack by fellow inmates came...
Algerian converts denied Christian funeralsNovember 5, 2016 — ICC Note: Imagine all the grief and emotions that comes with a family death. Now imagine the local community pitting itself against you and threatening you for not following their...
Protests in Algeria for release of sick ChristianNovember 4, 2016 — ICC Note: Protesters in Algeria are calling for the release of evangelical Christian convert Silmane Bouhafs. The man is serving a three year prison sentence for defaming Islam in a...
Algerian Christian given 5 years in prison for saying Jesus will outshine Islam on FacebookAugust 15, 2016 — ICC Note: A Christian convert in Algeria has been sentenced to five years in prison for blasphemous comments on his Facebook page against the Prophet Muhammad. In his statements, Slimane...
Algerian churches still fighting for freedom of worshipApril 29, 2016 — ICC Note: Despite recent constitutional revisions in Algeria, churches are still facing harassment from the authorities. On April 24th, a Church in Maatkas was ordered to cease all religious gathering...
Moroccan Officials Dismantle ISIS CellMarch 13, 2016 — ICC Note: (ICC's Algeria Correspondent) Moroccan authorities found weapons and ammunition in the possession of 3 people who pledged allegiance to ISIS leaders in Libya and Syria. They were planning...
ISIS Stronghold in Libya is Spilling Over Into Tunisia-Great Concern for Egypt, AlgeriaMarch 9, 2016 — ICC Note: Weak and failing governments in the Middle East and North Africa are the perfect breeding grounds for new ISIS strongholds. One such example has been in Libya. As...
