Posted by: jeffmooney | April 3, 2008

Persecution of Christians in Algeria: Officials Order 19 Protestant Congregations to Close Their Doors

The guys at Compass Direct recently posted this article. Here is an excerpt.

Police in Muslim country detain Christians for carrying Bibles.

ISTANBUL, March 28 (Compass Direct News) – Police issued written orders for three Algerian churches to cease activity this week, bringing to 19 the number of congregations told to shut down since November, an Algerian Protestant leader said.

In addition to the three churches, registered under the Protestant Church of Algeria (EPA), two independent congregations were verbally ordered to close their doors, EPA President Mustapha Krim said.

The church closures come amid a flurry of antagonistic media articles warning of campaigns by Protestants to “Christianize” Algeria.

Read the entire post here.

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