Topic: Algeria
Accused of disobeying a law regulating worship, all seven Protestant churches in Algeria's eastern Bejaia region were ordered shut by local authorities, a church leader said Wednesday."We received notification ordering us to close the seven churches throughout the region," said Mustapha Krim, ...
The ?Abbasid conquest of Ifriqiyyah in 761, which precipitated the collapse of the Iba?i state in Tunisia and Tripolitania, also caused important Iba?i tribes from Tripolitania and southern Tunisia to migrate to western Algeria. There they were led in attacks on ?Abbasid ...
Ramadan, the ninth month of fasting in the Islamic year, is the month when the lives of Muslims become upside down. Fasting from sunrise to sunset may be common, but how Ramadan is practiced differs in different countries and cultures. In a ...
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Those not originally included, like women and ...
An Algerian court today acquitted two Christian men of eating during Ramadan in spite of a prosecutor's demand that they be punished for "insulting Islam. The charges against the two Christians and a case of four Christians on trial for worshipping without ...
There's been a deluge of fantastic op-eds in support of the Park51 project, but this one in particular by Elizabeth Wurtzel at the Daily Beast really caught my eye. So I'm not scared of Cordoba House, with or without its Wahabi backers. ...
Two French films, one about Catholic monks threatened by Islamist militants in Algeria, the other featuring US stripteasers, on Saturday picked up side-prizes at the Cannes film festival.Both Algeria-themed "Of Gods And Men" by Xavier Beauvois and burlesque movie "On Tour" by ...
A French film about Catholic monks threatened by Islamist militants in Algeria on Saturday won the Cannes festival's ecumenical jury prize for works fostering religious understanding."Of Gods and Men" by Xavier Beauvois tells the tale of a Cistercian monastery caught up in ...
ALGIERS/RABAT (Reuters) - A French proposal to ban full face veils has stoked debate in Europe and also provoked strong reactions across the Mediterranean in North Africa, where many of France's Muslims trace their origins.Former French colonies Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia are ...
Irish court extends custody of 7 Muslims over alleged murder plot against Swedish artist Seven Muslims in Ireland allegedly linked to a plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks should remain in custody for at least three more days while police investigate ...
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