Algeria Islamic council berates Ramadan “non-fasters”
8/7/2013 4:34:02 PM
Algeria's High Islamic Council condemned on Wednesday a group of Berbers who organized a public lunch during the Ramadan fast to protest against its official imposition.
During the day on Saturday, some 500 "non-fasters" gathered in Tizi Ouzou, east of the capital, where they publicly ate, drank and smoked to make their point.
"We strongly condemn this attitude, which is like provocation and exhibitionism," a council statement said, criticizing this "minority of persons" who "ostentatiously demonstrated their lack of respect for the fast in the middle of the day."
It "expressed its solidarity with the population of Tizi Ouzou, at the head of which are the imams and representative political forces of the region, who are firmly opposed to this minority of troublemakers."
During the day on Saturday, some 500 "non-fasters" gathered in Tizi Ouzou, east of the capital, where they publicly ate, drank and smoked to make their point.
"We strongly condemn this attitude, which is like provocation and exhibitionism," a council statement said, criticizing this "minority of persons" who "ostentatiously demonstrated their lack of respect for the fast in the middle of the day."
It "expressed its solidarity with the population of Tizi Ouzou, at the head of which are the imams and representative political forces of the region, who are firmly opposed to this minority of troublemakers."