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New Church in Algeria Burned to the Ground
By Michael Ireland, ASSIST News Service ALGERIA (ANS) — The Tafat Protestant Church building in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, was set on fire on January 9, around 11:00 pm, according to the website for satellite broadcaster Channel North Africa (www.cna-sat.org ). On its site, CNA states that “Tafat” means “light” in the Berber language. According to the church’s pastor, Mustapha Krireche, “around twenty bearded men broke into the church, destroyed the chairs and doors and then set the building on fire.” … Read entire article »
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