Senate passes law on the practice of non Muslim religious rites

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Algeria : Senate passes law on the practice of non Muslim religious rites

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An angry view from the (right-wing) U.S.A. about the implications of the above (now unfortunately archived) article:

Christ is not welcome in Algeria. Only Allah. Present Christ and you break the law. Punishment ensues.

According to ArabicNews.com, lawmakers passed a law "banning the call to embrace other religions than Islam."

It's jail time for evangelizing. Yet Christ commissioned His disciples to go into all the world with the gospel. That includes Algeria. Therefore, if a Christian activates that commission there, he will pay the penalty just as did the early Christians in the Roman rule....

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Here is the original article that the above was a reaction to:

The Algerian parliament has approved a law banning the call to embrace other religions than Islam.

This law states to jail anyone "trying to call on a Muslim to embrace another religion," in remarks to the Christianizing (evangelize) campaigns taking place in the country.

The Algerian Ummah council (Senate) approved this decision on Monday. This decision which was approved by the national people's council ( parliament) on March 15th is an attempt to withstand the Christianizing campaign which had witnessed a notable activity recently especially in al-Qabayel area east of the country.

The ratified law stated to sentence imprisonment for two to five years and a fee between 5 to 10 thousands EURO against "anyone urging or forcing or tempting, to convert a Muslim to another religion."

The same penalty applies to every person, manufacturer, store or circulate publications or audo-visual or other means aiming at destabilizing attachment to Islam.

The law also bans practicing any religion "except Islam" "outside buildings allocated for that, and links specialized buildings aimed at practice of religion by a prior licensing."

One official at the ministry of religious affairs said that the aim of the law is basically to "ban religious activity, and secret religious campaigns."

The Christian community constitutes the largest religious minority in the country. This community accounts for the time being to less than 11,000 after it was hundreds of thousands before Algeria's independence in 1962 including 110 priests and 170 monks distributed all over Algerian lands.

Algeria bans Muslims from learning about Christianity

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Algeria, determined to keep religion and politics separate after years of Islamist violence, has passed a law forbidding non-Muslims from seeking to convert Muslims to another religion, an official said on Wednesday.

Mohamed Aissa, director of the ministry of religious affairs, told state radio the measure passed on March 20 was prompted by the activities of Christian evangelical sects, particularly in the restive ethnic Berber Kabylie region.

"We found out that in addition to Islam, Christianity has also been used as a tool to destabilise the country during the last bloody decade," said Aissa.

"Ten (Christian) sects are active in Algeria. They do not respect our laws. And some of these sects called for revolt in the Kabylie region," he said.....

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[Domm]

what about the guys calling to embrace the islam... i think we have a strange constitution...