When Islam arrived to Maghreb by the Prophet Mohammed Companions, and then it became stable by the late Grand Idris and then Mawlay Idriss Al-Azhar, Africa was with a historical event, which the date of raising Islam that shined on African from Morocco, Egypt, and Ethiopia from the East. Sufism, Salafism and state policy towards religion in Algeria: a survey of Algerian youth Hamidi Khemissi a, Ricardo René Larémont b & Taybi Taj Eddine c a Department of Philosophy, University of Algiers II, Algiers, Algeria b Department of Political Science and Sociology, SUNY, Binghamton, NY, USA c Department of Sociology and Religious Studies, After using police raids, arrests and gun battles in its fight against Islamist insurgents, Algeria is now deploying a new, more subtle weapon: a branch of Islam associated with contemplation, not combat. Sufism in Africa. Twenty-three years after the onset of Algeria’s so-called Black Decade of bloody civil war, which was precipitated by the military’s cancellation of elections won by the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) and that killed approximately 200,000 Algerians, Salafi ideology and activism are once again emerging as the locus of societal contention and political controversy. Meet islam - sufism algerian men for friendship and find your true love at Muslima.com. Sign up today and browse profiles of islam - sufism algerian men for friendship for free.