Algeria engages in systematic repression of religious minority communities. Authorities have persisted in their crackdown on Evangelical Protestant Christians, shuttering and denying legal registration to churches—including their two largest congregations in the country—and detaining members. The government also punishes atheists and discriminates against Muslim communities that diverge from the state-approved interpretation of Sunni Islam, including Shi’a and Ahmadi Muslims.
Source: Faithful attend the beatification ceremony for seven monks and twelve clergy, who were killed in Algeria’s civil war, at the Notre Dame de Santa Cruz in the city of Oran, RUETERS / Boumzar
