Algeria engages in ongoing and systematic repression of religious minority communities. For several years, the government has waged a crackdown on Evangelical Protestants through church closures and raids, including the community's two largest churches in the country, and refusing to approve registration for its congregations. The Algerian government further discriminates against Muslim communities that do not conform to mainstream Sunni Islam, such as 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
