Algerian Islamic reference

Algeria belongs to the Sunni world which is the Islamic community to which the vast majority of Muslims belong.[3][4][5]

The sources of its Sunni Islamic jurisprudence are the Quran and Sunnah of Muhammad in the hadiths attributed to him.[6][7][8][9]

Algeria is based in its Muslim aqidah on Ash'arism which is a theological school of Islam, founded by Al-Ash'ari (873-935).[10][11][12]

Algeria adopts Malikism, which is one of the four Madhhabs of Sunni Muslim law, based on the teaching of Imam Malik ibn Anas (711-795).[13][14][15]

The Sufism is taught and practiced in more than 1,600 zawiyas in Algeria.[16][17][18]

The Tilawa of the Quran in Algerian mosques takes place according to Warsh recitation in the Salah, the Hizb Rateb and the Salka.[19][20][21]