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Middle East

Algeria goes after the Ahmadiyya, urges Ahmadis to accept “non-Muslim” status

Algeria has warned followers of the Ahmadiyya Islamic sect in the country against “propagating their faith” In recent months Algerian security services have arrested and charged dozens of Ahmadis in a nationwide sweep against the Islamic sect. Speaking about the crack down on Ahmadis, the country’s Minister of Religious, Mohamad Issa said: “The Ahmadis are not Muslims, and their acknowledgment of this could enable them to live in Algeria, according to the country’s laws that govern the non-Muslim way of …

Algeria arrests 12 Ahmadis for “promoting their faith”

Algeria has arrested 12 members of the minority Ahmadiyya community for the offense of “promoting their faith”. On Wednesday the Algerian security forces in the state of Chlef announced the arrest of 12 Ahmadis and charged them for “spreading their faith without a license”. According to a report by the state-owned radio station, the Ahmadis were arrested from the provinces of Chlef, Oum El Bouaghi, Ain Defla and Tlemcen. Those arrested ranged in age from 22 to 68 years old …

Algeria’s Minister of Religious Affairs says ‘Ahmadiyya plan has failed’

Algeria’s Minister of Religious Affairs, Mohamed Aissa, has said the Ahmadiyya plan has failed and the Islamic sect does not exist in Algeria anymore. He made the comments on Saturday while speaking at the University of Islamic Sciences in the city of Constantine in eastern Algeria. Speaking at the University, Minister Aissa said: “The Ahmadiyya plan in Algeria has failed. The security services , the justice system, local imams and the Algerian media together exposed their plan and the sect …

Algeria continues to arrest Ahmadis

Algerian Government has continued to crackdown on members of the minority Ahmadiyya sect of Islam. The Ahmadiyya Community which has less than 3,000 members in the country has expressed concern over the religiously motivated arrests. On Friday, November 25th Algerian security forces raided a house in the coastal town of Béni Saf and arrested six Ahmadis while they were performing Friday Prayers. The town of Beni Saf is located in the northern province of Aïn Témouchent, around 300 miles to …

Israelis and Palestinians come together to fight wildfires

The Palestinian Authority sent eight fire trucks and 41 firefighters after massive wildfires tore through central and northern Israel. Police detained 13 people on suspicion of arson. The Wildfires which lasted four days forced 60,000 people to evacuate and affected Israel’s third-largest city of Haifa. The Palestinian crews joined the firefighting efforts on near Haifa and on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Additional firefighters from Ramallah arrived on Saturday morning to help with fires at the West Bank settlement of Halamish. …

Israeli religious leaders visit Auschwitz

Thirty top religious leaders from Israel made a landmark visit to Auschwitz last week to commemorate the Holocaust victims and raise awareness about the rising antisemitism in Europe. They group included leaders from Israel’s Christian, Druze, Jewish and Muslim communities. The leaders met with representatives of Warsaw’s Jewish community at the Nozyk synagogue and took a tour of a Museum dedicated to the History of Polish Jews. On Wednesday, the group made their way to Auschwitz, Nazi Germany’s most infamous …

Holy Land’s religious leaders to embark on a Holocaust memorial tour of Poland

Religious leaders of the Holy Land will travel to Poland to commemorate the Holocaust and raise awareness about the rising antisemitism in Europe. The four-day tour will begin on October 30 and will include Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze, Baha’is and members of other religious denominations. The group of religious leaders will travel together to Poland and visit Nazi concentration camps including Auschwitz. The organizers have also planned a visit to the factory of Oskar Schindler, known for having saved many …