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Hundreds of Tunisia Salafists Rally for Release of Imam
[An Nahar] Hundreds of Salafists...Salafists are ostentatiously devout Moslems who figure the ostentation of their piety gives them the right to tell others how to do it and to kill those who don't listen to them... protested on Friday in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, calling for the release of a holy man tossed in the slammer Please don't kill me! as part of an inquiry into a shootout between police and radical Islamists. The crowd shouted "Ali Larayedh, coward!" referring to the interior minister who has been tasked with forging a new coalition government. The protesters were demanding the release of of Khalifa Karaoui, the imam of a mosque in Sidi Bouzid who was arrested in southern Tunisia on Tuesday. Karaoui is suspected of having ties to a group of Salafists accused of opening fire on the police last week, wounding two of them. The Salafists took refuge in a mosque in Sidi Bouzid, before fleeing, assisted by other Islamists, who prevented the police from entering the place of worship. Posted by: Fred 2013-03-02 |
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