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Religious Freedom: U.S. Decries Algeria’s Continuing Harassment, Persecution and Violations

The United States has denounced the continuing violations of religious freedom in Algeria wherein non-Muslim minority groups and Shiites suffer unabated harassment, persecution and growing restrictions. In its 2022 International Religious Freedom Report, the State Department says the Algerian authorities continued in 2022 to arrest, jail, and fine Christians on charges of proselytizing, citing in […]

Arab World Institute to Celebrate Moroccan Judaism

The Institute of the Arab World (IMA) will celebrate next fall the history of the Jews of the East and the Arab World, a world premiere wherein Morocco will take a prominent place, said chairman of the Paris-based Institute, Jack Lang. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, IMA maintains its plans and continues preparing several landmark events, […]

Morocco Captures Nine ISIS Operatives

Moroccan authorities announced Thursday the arrest of nine Islamist militants linked to ISIS affiliates in Libya. They were planning to carry out terror attacks in the North African kingdom. According to an interior ministry statement, the captured cell members were active in the cities of Marrakesh, Sidi Bennour and Smara (southern Morocco). Hundreds of Moroccan […]