{"id":59285,"date":"2026-04-24T10:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=59285"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:48:12","slug":"algerias-science-week-closes-with-bold-push-to-build-digital-intellectual-frontline-against-extremism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=59285","title":{"rendered":"Algeria&#8217;s &#8216;Science Week&#8217; Closes With Bold Push to Build Digital Intellectual Frontline Against Extremism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments Youcef Belmehdi on Thursday presided over the closing ceremony of Algeria&#8217;s national <strong>&#8216;Science Week&#8217;<\/strong> initiative, which launched on the 16th of this month to mark the annual Day of Science commemoration.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to <strong>dzwatch<\/strong>, Minister Belmehdi stated that the week featured an intensive awareness and intellectual program implemented across mosques, Quranic schools, training institutes, and local media platforms, praising strong inter-ministerial coordination throughout the event.<\/p>\n<p>The minister stressed that the program&#8217;s core objective is <strong>&#8216;building national consciousness&#8217;<\/strong> among Algerian citizens \u2014 particularly youth \u2014 by fortifying minds against extremist rhetoric, combating drugs and social ills, and reinforcing Algeria&#8217;s national religious identity through targeted cultural and creative activities.<\/p>\n<p>Belmehdi also revealed the ministry&#8217;s ambition to establish a <strong>cohesive &#8216;digital intellectual front&#8217;<\/strong> to confront challenges posed by modern technology, social media platforms, and artificial intelligence \u2014 ensuring Algeria&#8217;s religious framework remains fully equipped against contemporary ideological threats.<\/p>\n<p>The closing ceremony was attended by central administration officials, ministerial representatives, and regional religious affairs directors nationwide via video conferencing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments Youcef Belmehdi on Thursday presided over the closing ceremony of Algeria&#8217;s national &#8216;Science Week&#8217; initiative, which launched on the 16th of this month to mark the annual Day of Science commemoration. Speaking exclusively to dzwatch, Minister Belmehdi stated that the week featured an intensive awareness and intellectual program implemented &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}