Four Years in Prison for Playing Cards During Ramadan in Algeria
October 12th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Algeria, Politics, Religious Fundamentalism
How reassuring:
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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October 13th, 2008 at 9:51 am
After a revolution always comes a new dictatorship.