Pray For Algeria

Prior to independence Algeria was home to more than a million who would have identified as being from a Christian background (mainly French). The majority were evacuated to France in 1962. Today around 98% of Algeria’s 44 million population would identify as Sunni Muslim. Some would claim there has been a modest rise in Algerians calling themselves non-religious, particularly among younger adults. Algeria’s constitution declares Islam to be the state religion, but also declares that freedom of “creed and opinion” should be maintained. The Protestant Church in Algeria is small, and mainly confined to the Kabyle Berber ethnic group in the north of the country. In the past churches have generally been free to meet, although in recent years there have been periodic government crackdowns on Christians. Islamist groups in Algeria are increasingly intolerant of non-Muslim religion.

Click here to read more about Algeria from Release International External Site