Muslim Persecution of Christians Daniel Greenfield APR 19, 2026
Pope Leo ignores Christian and Jewish genocide in Algeria
How Algeria went from 1 million Catholics to 8,000 and from 140,000 Jews to 200
In 1955, Algeria had over 1 million Catholics and 140,000 Jews. Today, as Pope Leo visits Algeria, there are some 8,000 Catholics in Algeria and there are fewer than 200 Jews. 99% of the population of what was one of the old territories of Christianity are Sunni Muslims.
Was Islam so popular that all the Christians and Jews decided to convert? They were persecuted, murdered, tortured and driven out by Islamic violence in our lifetimes.
Christians and Jews had lived in Algeria since Roman times. Now they’re gone.
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