As wildfires rage in Greece, tourists flee and locals shelter; in Algeria, death toll rises to 34
Rhodes, GreeceReuters More than 2,000 holidaymakers were flown home on Monday, tour operators cancelled upcoming trips, and residents took shelter as wildfires raged on the Greek island of Rhodes for the seventh day. Repatriation flights are due to continue into Tuesday as the fires remained out of control. The Civil Protection authority warned the threat […]
Christians in Algeria acquitted of conversion charge
Morning Star News Five Christians in Algeria were acquitted on Tuesday of the charge of inciting a Muslim to change her religion, sources said. A judge at the court of Bouira acquitted Rachid Ouali, whose Muslim wife had filed the charges against him. Ouali, his friend Ali Laarchi, Laarchi’s wife and daughter, and a Christian […]
Algerian Christian appeals sentence of a year in prison for “insulting” Facebook post
with World Watch Monitor/Morning Star News An Algerian Christian has been sentenced to a year in prison for a Facebook post deemed to have insulted Islam. On 8th January, a court in Bouira, located 100 kilometres east of Algiers, found Samir Chamek, 34, guilty of insulting Islam and its prophet over items he posted on his […]