(SRN NEWS)- The government sent a SWAT team to break up a prayer meeting being held at a humanitarian shelter in the suburbs of Oran. Twelve believers were arrested at the House of Refuge shelter and charged with holding an unauthorized non-Muslim worship service. Algeria used to ignore its small Christian minority but in recent years the government has begun an aggressive campaign of persecution, closing scores of churches.
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