academia. edu. Retrieved 27 March 2016. ^ "Kabylia: Christian Churches Closed by Algerian Authorities". Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization. 28 May 2019. Since 2000, thousands of Algerian Muslims have put their faith in Christ. Algerian officials estimate the number of Christians at 50, 000, but others say it could be twice that number.

[23] The Protestant Church of Algeria is one of only two officially recognized Christian organizations in the country. [24] According to the ICC, most Christians meet in homes, to protect themselves. The country's Minister of Religious Affairs has called the evangelical churches "dangerous. " [25] Since November 2017, 17 churches, members of the Protestant Church of Algeria, have been closed by the Algerian authorities, who justify these closures by a lack of authorisation from the National Commission for the exercise of non-Muslim worship. [26][27] According to the Protestant Church of Algeria, this Commission has always refused to grant any authorisation to evangelical Protestant communities.

French colonizers attempted to convert the Muslim population to Christianity as a form of modernization. Laws were put in place to establish Algerians’ rights as citizens based on religion. The Crémieux Decree of 1870 denied Muslim Algerians full citizenship status while granting local Christian and Algerian Jewish inhabitants full citizenship. Very few Algerians converted because of this law.

^ "Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada". Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 30 June 2015. there is an estimated 20, 000 to 100, 000 evangelical Christians in Algeria, who practice their faith in mainly unregistered churches in the Kabyle region ^ P S Rowe, Paul (2018). Routledge Handbook of Minorities in the Middle East. Routledge. p. 133. ISBN 9781317233794. ^ "U. S. Report on Religious Freedom in Middle East".

[28] The latest report of the Human Rights Commission, dating from 2018, expressed the committee's concern about the risk of criminalization of non-Muslim activities, the closure of churches and attacks & intimidations against people not practicing Ramadan. [29] In addition, the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief together with various other UN Special Rapporteurs sent two communications to the Algerian government. A first letter, dated 4 October 2018, expresses their concern about "the administrative and judicial barriers faced by members of the Christian minority"[30] and the second, dated 2 December 2020, mentions an "administrative closure campaign". [31] Only the second letter was answered, in two parts, in which the Algerian government stated that "the allegations concerning the situation of Protestants in Algeria are false and unfounded".

[18] Protestantism[edit] Kabyle Christians from Algeria. Protestants number approximately 45, 000 in Algeria, according to more conservative estimates. [19] A 2015 study, however, estimated 380, 000 Muslims converted to Christianity in Algeria. [3] This small population generally practices its faith without government interference[20] but incidences[spelling? ] of persecution have been recorded. [21] Missionary groups are permitted to conduct humanitarian activities without government interference as long as they are discreet and do not proselytize openly. Since 2006 missionary outreach among Muslims can be punished with up to five years of prison. [22] The Protestant Church of Algeria is a united church formed by the Methodist Church and Reformed Church with about 10, 000 members.

[3] Although Christians are a religious minority in Algeria, churches built during French rule can still be found. Conversions to Christianity have been most common in Kabylie, [4][5][6][7][8] especially in the wilaya of Tizi-Ouzou. [9] In Tizi-Ouzou, the proportion of Christians has been estimated to be between 1% and 5%. Christians have at times been subjected to religiously motivated attacks. A 2015 study, estimated 380, 000 Muslims converted to Christianity in Algeria. [3] In 1996, Pierre Claverie, bishop of Oran, was assassinated by terrorists. This murder occurred soon after that of seven monks of the Trappistes of Tibérine, and of six nuns.

As of the last census in Algeria, taken on 1 June 1960, there were 1, 050, 000 non-Muslim civilians (mostly Catholic) in Algeria (10 percent of the total population including 130, 000 Algerian Jews). [15] Under French rule, the Catholic population of Algeria peaked at over one million. The country was divided into four dioceses, including one archdiocese: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Algiers Diocese of Constantine Diocese of Oran Diocese of Laghouat (Immediately subject to the Holy See) During French rule, Christianity was used as a tool of assimilation.

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