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| Tunisia Salafist Group Calls for Friday Demo |
| 2013-05-22 |
| [An Nahar] Radical Salafist group Ansar al-Sharia ...a Yemeni Islamist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends... , which Tunisian authorities have branded a terrorist organization, has called for a protest in the city of Kairouan on Friday against the arrest of its front man. "Call to all Moslems to a protest in support of Ansar al-Sharia's front man Seifeddine Rais, in front of the headquarters of ruling Islamist party Ennahda near Bab Jalladine" in Kairouan, the group said on its Facebook page. Rais was locked away I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! on Sunday in the city south of Tunis where the Salafist group was to have held a congress the same day that was banned by the authorities. The interior ministry has not stated the reason for the front man's arrest, carried out at dawn as he was jogging in Kairouan. "The law will be applied when a person fails to respect the law," was all the ministry's front man Mohamed Ali Aroui would say, contacted by Agence La Belle France Presse for comment. |
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