The daughter of an Algerian Christian sentenced to three years in prison on a charge of blaspheming Islam fears for his life, it was reported in late November.
Muslim prisoners reportedly planned to beat Slimane Bouhafs, 49, for defending his faith and his health has faltered due to lack of medical care. A group of inmates planned to attack Bouhafs because he objected to the views of an imam who publicly insulted Christians and Christianity in Algeria.
‘Bouhafs was defending Christianity, calling for more religious freedom and freedom of speech, which provoked the attempted attack’, said a source. An inmate who became aware of the plans warned prison guards, who separated Bouhafs from the inmates who sought to attack him before they could carry it out.
