DEATH PENALTY IN ALGERIA MEANT TO TERRIFY POLITICAL OPPONENTS”

Sheikh Abderahmane Chibane, Head of the Muslim Scholars Association in Algeria, accused several human rights activists of being against Islam for pleading for the end to the death penalty. Boudjemaa Ghachir, Head of the Algerian Human Rights League, told El Khabar, yesterday: “the League is hurt by statements of Sheikh Chibane; we wish Chibane was a man of dialogue and persuasion, rather than a Takfiri man, because the latter is easier than persuading by arguments.” In turn, Mustapha Bouchachi, Head of Algerian League for Human Rights Defence, said: “the majority of crimes that law subjects death penalty on in Algeria are of political purpose. Therefore, death penalty is used to terrify political opponents.”