Editing Algeria (section)

=== Religion ===
{{Main|Religion in Algeria}}
{{See also|Islam in Algeria|Early African Church|History of the Jews in Algeria}}

[[File:Mosque Hassan Pacha Oran 1790 (6).jpg|thumb|right|[[Hassan Pasha Mosque]] in [[Oran]] ]]

[[Islam]] is the predominant religion in Algeria, with its adherents, mostly Sunnis, accounting for 99% of the population according to a 2021 CIA ''[[World Factbook]]'' estimate,<ref name="AlgeriaFactbook"/> and 97.9% according to Pew Research in 2020.<ref name=pew>{{cite web |url = http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/algeria/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2020|website = Global Religious Futures|publisher = [[Pew Research Center]]'s Religion & Public Life Project|title = Religion in Algeria |url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216182816/http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/algeria/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 |archive-date=16 December 2013 |year = 2010}}</ref> There are about 290,000 [[Ibadi]]s in the M'zab Valley in the region of [[Ghardaia]].

Prior to independence, Algeria was home to more than 1.3 million Christians (mostly of [[Pied-Noir|European ancestry]]).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Greenberg|first1=Udi|last2= A. Foster|first2=Elizabeth|title=Decolonization and the Remaking of Christianity|year=2023|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|location=Pennsylvania|isbn=9781512824971|pages=105}}</ref> Most of the Christian settlers left to France after the country's independence.<ref>De Azevedo, Raimondo Cagiano (1994) ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=N8VHizsqaH0C&pg=PA25 Migration and development co-operation.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429204819/https://books.google.com/books?id=N8VHizsqaH0C&pg=PA25 |date=29 April 2023 }}''. Council of Europe. p. 25. {{ISBN|92-871-2611-9}}.</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Area Handbook for Morocco|first=Richard |last=F. Nyrop|year= 1972| isbn= 9780810884939| page =97|publisher=University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign}}</ref> Today, estimates of the [[Christianity in Algeria|Christian population]] range from 100,000 to 200,000.<ref name="US DoS-2020">{{Cite web|title=Algeria|url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-report-on-international-religious-freedom/algeria/|access-date=6 April 2021|website=United States Department of State|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610190351/https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-report-on-international-religious-freedom/algeria/|url-status=live}}</ref> Algerian citizens who are Christians predominantly belong to [[Protestantism|Protestant]] denominations, which have seen increased pressure from the government in recent years including many forced closures.<ref name="US DoS-2020" />

According to the [[Arab Barometer]] in 2018–2019, the vast majority of Algerians (99.1%) continue to identify as Muslim.<ref name="Arab Barometer-2023">{{Cite web |title=Data Analysis Tool – Arab Barometer |url=https://www.arabbarometer.org/survey-data/data-analysis-tool/ |access-date=2022-11-02|archive-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821161350/https://www.arabbarometer.org/survey-data/data-analysis-tool/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The June 2019 [[Arab Barometer]]-[[BBC News]] report found that the percentage of Algerians identifying as non-religious has grown from around 8% in 2013 to around 15% in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48703377 |title=The Arab world in seven charts: Are Arabs turning their backs on religion? |work=[[Arab Barometer]], [[BBC News]] |date=23 June 2019 |access-date=17 July 2021 |archive-date=19 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119175129/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48703377 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Arab Barometer December 2019, found that the growth in the percentage of Algerians identifying as non-religious is largely driven by young Algerians, with roughly 25% describing themselves as non-religious.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 December 2019 |title=Young Arabs are Changing their Beliefs and Perceptions: New Survey |work=Fanack |url=https://fanack.com/religions-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa/young-arabs-are-changing-their-beliefs-and-perceptions/ |access-date=17 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924090413/https://fanack.com/religions-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa/young-arabs-are-changing-their-beliefs-and-perceptions/ |archive-date=24 September 2020}}</ref> However, the 2021 Arab Barometer report found that those who said they were not religious among Algerians has decreased, with just 2.6% identifying as non-religious. In that same report, 69.5% of Algerians identified as religious and another 27.8% identifying as somewhat religious.<ref name="Arab Barometer-2023" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bheria |date=2022-02-17 |title=Arabs Are Getting More Religious. Why Isn't Western Media Reporting It? |url=https://muslimskeptic.com/2022/02/17/arabs-are-getting-more-religious-why-isnt-western-media-reporting-it/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=The Muslim Skeptic|archive-date=3 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103184929/https://muslimskeptic.com/2022/02/17/arabs-are-getting-more-religious-why-isnt-western-media-reporting-it/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Algeria has given the [[Muslim world]] a number of prominent thinkers, including [[Emir Abdelkader]], [[Abdelhamid Ben Badis]], [[Mouloud Kacem Naît Belkacem]], [[Malek Bennabi]] and [[Mohamed Arkoun]].