Islamic Tolerance Alert. Calling out the security forces against missionaries seems a bit excessive. It is yet another manifestation of the deep insecurity we see again and again at the heart of Islam today. Instead of engaging opponents on the level of ideas, Muslim spokesmen smear them. Instead of shrugging off insults and slights, or perceived insults and slights like cartoons of Muhammad and teddy bears named after him, all too many react with murderous fury. And here, while “counterpropaganda” is mentioned, the Islamic clerics who developed this plan are not dealing solely in the realm of discussion and debate: citizens are also to report missionary activity, and the whole thing is treated the way the old Soviet Union treated anything that it considered a threat to its very life.
From “El-Khabar”, via WorldWide Religious News (thanks to Dav):
Algiers, Algeria – An Algerian security forces team is examining a new program for fighting missionary activity, to be submitted to Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
The program, which was prepared by clerics, includes encouraging citizens to report missionary activity and efforts to raise funds to support indigent individuals considering converting to Christianity, and counterpropaganda in order to point out the contradictions and heresy in Christianity and Judaism.
The main region of concern is Kabylia, but missionary activity is taking place also in other regions of the country.