The State Department's 2023 report on Mali records that groups the government identifies as extremist organizations continued to close government schools and force their conversion into Quranic schools, and separately documents a jihadist group in the Mopti region imposing a tax on Christian villagers as a condition of continued religious practice, with the forced closure of their places of worship the stated alternative for anyone unable or unwilling to pay.
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Citation
AuthorUnited States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom
PublisherUS Department of State
URLhttps://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/mali/
Source TypeGovernment report
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The United States' own State Department annual country report on religious freedom, the strongest available form for a fact about extremist groups forcing the closure of places of worship, hence the top tier. Connections
Associated With
This source names Mali directly: "The State Department's 2023 report on Mali records that groups the government identifies as extremist organizations continued to close government schools and force their conversion into Quranic..."
Source US Department of State, 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom: MaliUnited States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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