'Missionaries' fined by Algeria
A COURT in Algeria handed £800 fines and six-month suspended jail terms to two Christians yesterday for trying to convert Muslims, a defence lawyer said, in the latest in a series of trials stirring accusations of religious repression.
Rachid Seghir and Djallal Dahmani were punished for "distributing documents to disrupt the Muslim faith".
The full article contains 58 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
03 July 2008 12:47 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh