Algerian Government takes steps to prevent “misguided youth” from being lured into fighting in world conflict-zones

Algerian religious affairs minister, Mohamed Aissa has announced that the government is set to install a national monitoring board to bolster the struggle against religious extremism in order to face up to any adverse contingency notably by preventing “misguided” Algerian youth from joining radical extremist groups now fighting in conflict-zones in the Middle-East and elsewhere in the world.

The Minister of Religious Affairs and Wakfs or endowments Mohamed Aissa, told “Echorouk” that the government has finally given its approval for the creation of this national monitoring board, noting that this project is to be put into effect shortly.

This new board will bring together seasoned specialists and academics from all sectors to examine and analyze the issues linked to religious extremism, and then recommend adequate solutions, the minister explained.

“Some people convey ideas advocating religious extremism by using educational, cultural and youth arenas,” he said, adding that the creation of this observatory aims at protecting its national religious references based on the Maliki School of religious law.

Religious extremism has been emerging in the Muslim world, as some Islamist hardliner groups call for using violence to reach their nefarious goals.

Extremism is usually linked to terrorism, as terror groups target “idle and misguided” youngsters to manipulate and recruit them for combat, either inside or outside the country.