High Islamic Council of the Republic of Tunisia

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The High Islamic Council of the Republic of Tunisia ( French Conseil supérieur islamique de la République tunisienne ; abbreviation CSI for short ; Arabic المجلس الإسلامي الأعلى, DMG al-Maǧlis al-Islami al-A'la ) is the highest religious authority in consultative State whose religion under Article 1 of its Constitution of Islam is. Its seat is in the Tunisian capital Tunis . It was founded in 1989 under Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali . According to the Tunisian government, he is in particular responsible for examining all matters submitted to him by the government and relating to the application of Article 1 of the Constitution and to social and religious ( Fiqh ) issues.

The President of the Council was Rachid Sabbagh, who also served as the Tunisian Defense Minister . A later president was Abdallah Loussaïef. According to an assessment by Mohamed Talbi , the council “ only serves for the ' usage extérieur ', as a showcase to a certain extent ”. The council was called on questions about the teaching content of the theological Zitouna University as well as questions about religious instruction in schools and in imam training. The politician Ali Chebbi, Minister for Religious Affairs from 1992 to 1999 , was one of its previous chairmen. Among the signatories of the Amman Message ( Amman Message ), for example, include not only Ali Chebbi, the council members Shaykh Mohieddine Gadi and Shaykh Al-Tayyib Salama, both members of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy .

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References and footnotes

  1. ^ Constitution of the Republic of Tunisia - kas.de
  2. ↑ tunisie.gov.tn: Le conseil supérieur islamique
  3. ↑ kas.de: Tunisia (Dirk Axtmann) ("since July 20, 2011")
  4. ↑ espacemanager.com: La lettre qui a précipité le limogeage du président du Conseil islamique (July 4, 2015) - cf. themwl.org ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Le SG de la Ligue du monde islamique reçoit l'ex-président du Conseil supérieur islamique tunisien @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / themwl.org
  5. ↑ archiv.onlinereports.ch: "Tunisia is a gulag for the spirit" (Interview with Mohamed Talbi) October 22, 2003
  6. ↑ kas.de: Tunisia (Dirk Axtmann)
  7. ↑ see also the list of government organizations that administer Islamic religious foundations
  8. ^ Ammanmessage.com: List of the Signatories at the International Islamic Fiqh Academy Seventeenth Session

literature

  • Sigrid Faath (Ed.): State Religious Policy in North Africa / Middle East: An Instrument for Modernizing Reforms? Hamburg, September 2007 ( Online ; "Religious Political Institutions in Tunisia")
  • Sigrid Faath (Ed.): Islamic Actors in North Africa . Konrad Adenauer Foundation , Berlin 2012 Online

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High Islamic Council of the Republic of Tunisia (alternative names of the lemma)
High Islamic Council of the Republic of Tunisia; Conseil supérieur islamique de la République tunisienne; Conseil Supérieur Islamique; The Higher Islamic Council; The Higher Islamic Council of the Republic of Tunisia; Supreme Islamic Council; Higher Islamic Council