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2013-10-03 Africa North

[MAGHAREBIA] Tunisia holy mans are divided over whether to stage a general strike on Eid al-Adha.

On Monday (September 30th), the National Union of Tunisian Imams denied any plans to prevent festivities, while Abdessalam Atoui of the National Executive Committee of Mosques criticised strike organiser Fadhel Achour as "not a holy man but a muezzin at Zaytouna".

The issue arose last Wednesday, when Achour, the head of the imams' union, declared a "what Eid?" strike to protest "takfir
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
ist" trends at some mosques and the inaction by the religious affairs ministry to stop the phenomenon.

Posted by Fred 2013-10-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top
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