In 2003 , the Government sanctioned a number of imams for inflammatory sermons following the May 21 earthquake and for interpretations of the Qur ' an " likely to offend public cohesion " . The Ministry of Religious Affairs provides some financial support to mosques and during the period covered by this report sought to expand its control over the training of imams through a government-run Islamic educational institute . At the end of the period covered by this report , no school had actually been established
May 21 earthquake
2003 Boumerdès earthquake
Freedom of religion in Algeria