Ministry of Religious Affairs (Tunisia)
The Ministry of Religious Affairs ( French: Ministére des affaires religieuses ; English Ministry of Religious Affairs ) Tunisia is a ministry responsible for the country's religious affairs. Its main office is in Tunis on avenue Bab B'net la Kasba. It has existed as a ministry since 1992. Recently, there have been frequent changes of ministers.
After Abdeljalil Ben Salem's dismissal, Ghazi Jeribi was appointed Interim Minister for Religious Affairs on November 4, 2016. Ghazi Jeribi was previously appointed Minister of National Defense in the Jomaa government on January 29, 2014, and Minister of Justice in the Chahed government on August 20, 2016 .
The dismissed minister Abdeljalil Ben Salem had previously identified Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia as the main historical cause of religious extremism and terrorism in Islam and called for reform of this Islamic trend.
Past ministers include Noureddine El Khademi and Mufti Othman Batikh .
See also
- High Islamic Council of the Republic of Tunisia
- List of government organizations that administer Islamic religious foundations
References and footnotes
- ↑ fr: Abdeljalil Ben Salem (French)
- ↑ fr: Ghazi Jeribi (French)
- ↑ Tunisie: le ministre des Affaires religieuses limogé après avoir lié wahhabisme saoudien et terrorisme (November 4, 2016) - jeuneafrique.com (accessed December 12, 2016)
- ↑ Tunisie: un ministre limogé pour avoir dénoncé le wahhabisme saoudien (November 4, 2016) - lepoint.fr ("Réformez votre école, car le terrorisme historiquement vient de là.") - (accessed December 12, 2016)
Web links
- Official Website (Arabic)
- Tunisie: le ministre des affaires religieuses parle du wahhabisme, il est limogé - rfi.fr
Ministry of Religious Affairs (alternative names of the lemma) |
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Tunisian Ministry of Religious Affairs; Ministry of Religious Affairs (Tunisia); Ministère des Affaires Religieuses |
Coordinates: 36 ° 47 '54.8 " N , 10 ° 10' 5.6" E