Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem

Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem

Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem is the head of government for Algeria. Research and learn about Algeria on this community portal.

Four Years in Prison for Playing Cards During Ramadan in Algeria

How reassuring:

http://www.liberation.fr/monde/0101122830-quatre-ans-de-prison-pour-non-respect-du-ramadan?xtor=RSS-450

Quatre ans de prison pour non-respect du ramadan - Tout savoir sur les dernières actualités politiques, monde, société, sports, écologie avec le journal en ligne Libération via kwout

As the article says, Algeria experienced 10 years of civil war to avoid religious fundamentalism. As a result, they got both.

Such prosecutions reveal a rise in the influence of religious fundamentalism at the highest level of the Algerian state. Last June, FLN Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem was replaced by Ahmed Ouyahia who had earlier declared that the Koran was Algeria’s Constitution. The Algerian President also just revealed plans for a Mosque whose minaret will be the highest in the world and will be the World’s third largest after Mecca and Medina.


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