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Four Algerians who converted to Christianity have been condemned to prison and heavy fines, while two others were set free after renouncing their conversion.
The defence lawyer said the four were charged with “illegally practicing a non-Muslim faith,” the French news agency AFP reported.
Attorney Khelloudja Khalfoun said one of the converts was sentenced to six months in prison and fined USD3,087, while the other three were sentenced to two months in prison and fined USD1,544 each.
The four converts, who were condemned by a court in Tiaret, refused to deny their faith, in contrast with the two others who were freed. Kheloudja told AFP that he would appeal the verdict, since only the ones who admitted they had converted were found guilty.
“They were judged by the facts themselves, and therefore all should be guilty or all should be freed,” he said.
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No compulsion from the religion of peace. Nope. None whatsoever.
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