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| Significant increases in salaries for imams |
| 2011-01-21 |
| [Ennahar] The Minister of Religious Affairs and Awqaf, Boualamallah Ghelamallah, in a statement to Ennahar, unveiled a significant increase in salaries of imams. The delay, according to the minister, is due to the public services. The Minister of Religious Affairs and Awqaf has indicated that the imams will receive significant increases according to the benefits system introduced by the Department on the Executive Office of Public Service for consideration. According to him, this concerns the introduction of four premiums which will be calculated according to the grade and step. Ghelamallah said yesterday in an interview with Ennahar that his department did long ago, proposals to the management of the public services, but these have not yet been approved. "We have submitted proposals for significant increases to the management of the civil service, we hope to see them implemented as quickly as possible, may be in next February or March." On another side, and concerning the social unrest experienced by the country, including attempted suicide by immolation, like the young Tunisian Mohamed El Bouazizi, who set himself on fire, the Minister of Religious Affairs and Wakf think the phenomenon is similar to that of Harraga (undocumented Democrats) when young people lose hope, add to that the drugs phenomenon among the youth who are most likely to suicide. Ghelamallah in response to our question about the role of imams in the fight against the phenomenon of suicide, said the department has sent clear instructions to imams in order to cope with this phenomenon through the Khotba (speech) on Friday. Imams have succeeded, through their advice and sermons, to extinguish the fire of Fitna in the riots, they can also convince youth on this phenomenon of suicide. Algeria recorded during the last two weeks, 7 cases of suicide attempts by citizens who protest against poor living conditions, related to housing and employment. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Did they unionize? |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-01-21 01:31 |