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He stressed that Mosque is a worship place in which political practice is not allowed. As for Salafist Imams appointed by Religious Affairs ministry, a matter that conflicts the Maliki trend, and interpreted by some people as an opened door for Salafist ideas that fuels terrorism, the minister replied: “Algeria is a Maliki country this is unquestionable! The criteria of recruitment of Imams are based on the right of each Algerian citizen to work whatever his trend may be. Regarding those Imams, they have all been influenced by ideas they discovered when in the university, we debated this matter, and we excluded those who refused to abide by the ministry directives and give Friday sermon. As regards sectarianism, that is growing strikingly, after the discovery of a Chi’a and a Salafist sect, the minister pointed out that the authorities are responsible of defining the range of sectarianism threat not the ministry, the intervention of the latter is restricted to cases of abuses within Mosques. He stressed that the presence of a Chi’a community in Algeria is an erroneous approach.
Regarding the leaks underwent during the book international fair in terms of extremist publications, as well as the role of the ministry committee in charge of monitoring, the minister recognized the existence of this kind of leaks, and wondered about their sources and how could they penetrate. He wrote down that the most dangerous books are those spreading fatwa not in line with the Algerian society as they designed for other societies with other specificities. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Religious Affairs Minister Abou Abdullah Ghlamallah