Is blasphemy illegal in Algeria?
Criminal offense
Blasphemy is a criminal offense punishable by up to five years of imprisonment and a fine.
Algeria is one of 30 countries classified “Criminal offense” for blasphemy — 56% of the 54 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Blasphemy law
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Malta
- No blasphemy law Malta repealed its laws against vilification of religion in 2016, removing blasphemy offenses.
- Spain
- Fines / civil penalties Spain's blasphemy law was removed, leaving only civil penalties for vilifying religious feelings.
- Italy
- Fines / civil penalties Italy decriminalized blasphemy in 1999, leaving only administrative fines for public blasphemy.
- France
- No blasphemy law The remaining blasphemy law in Alsace-Moselle was repealed in 2016, leaving no active blasphemy laws.
- Switzerland
- Fines / civil penalties Switzerland criminalizes malicious insults to religious convictions with a monetary penalty.
- Mauritania
- Death penalty possible Apostasy, defined as an act of indecency toward Islam, carries the death penalty.
Other laws in Algeria
- Apostasy Laws
- Criminal offense
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Flag Desecration
- Criminal offense
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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