[Ennahar] Dozens of Islamist protesters demanded Friday in downtown Tunis the closure of brothels, chanting "No to places of prostitution in a Mohammedan country" before the Interior Ministry, said a journalist from AFP.The demonstrators shouted: "The people demand the closure of brothels." Others carried placards that read "No to brothels in a Mohammedan country," and also "the closure of brothels is compulsory."
"We can not accept that the woman is considered a commodity, we demand the closure of all brothels in Tunisia," told AFP, one of the protesters, Anas, 20, saying the protest had been organized "spontaneously".
"The Arab tourists come specifically to Tunisia to visit these homes," he added, saying that other brothels had been closed in the country and that the protesters are now demanding the closure of these places in Tunis.
Leaving the avenue Habib Bourguiba in downtown Tunis, the protesters walked the streets until the Interior Ministry, whose access was blocked by the army and surrounded by barbed wire with light armored vehicles positioned in front of the building.
The group of demonstrators in which there were also women split into two: one group remained posted before the department while the other was walking.
A major brothels in Tunis is located Abdallaah Guechi Street, near the Medina.