Algeria

February 2007 | Risk Summary

New efforts have been launched by the Algerian authorities to curb and at the same time asses the influence of 'extremist' influences on public practice of Islam. According to the Minister for Religious Affairs Algeria is 'going though a 'severe cultural and religious crisis'. There are reports that Qur'ans being forged and mosques being used for 'jihadist' purposes - raising fears of a return to radicalisation of the populace in a country which was embroiled in a civil war in the 1990s. We continue to see the risks to stability in the medium term as limited given the lack of

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