Othman Batikh

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Othman Battikh (2011)

Othman Batikh ( Arabic عثمان بطيخ, DMG ʿUṯmān Baṭṭīḫ , born April 17, 1941 in Tunis ) is an Islamic clergyman ( Mufti ) from Tunisia . He is a former minister for religious affairs and since 2016 (for the second time after 2008 to 2013) Mufti of the Republic in Tunisia.

Life

The son of a barber received a law degree and a doctorate in theology from the religious university of Ez-Zitouna , where he also taught from 1981 to 2011. Previously, he worked as a judge at a court of first instance in Tunis. From 2001 to 2006 he was an advisor to the autocratic Tunisian President Ben Ali on religious matters and thus belonged to the pre-revolutionary elite.

From 2008 to 2013, during the period of revolutionary upheaval , Batikh was the Mufti of the Republic of Tunisia , the highest Muslim authority in the country. On the occasion of the self-immolation of young Tunisians during the revolution, he declared in January 2011 that the Koran forbids suicide . Batikh was seen as a moderate representative who publicly stated that anyone who supported Salafists in elections was out of their mind, and when the government of the moderate Islamist Ennahda came under criticism in early 2012 for being too lax with radical Islamists, he announced on the radio that Tunisia was needed no extremist preachers from abroad. His successor in office was Hamda Saïd .

Batikh was Minister for Religious Affairs of the Republic of Tunisia in the Essid Cabinet from February 6, 2015 until he was replaced in the course of a cabinet reshuffle on January 11, 2016 . On January 12, 2016, Batikh was reappointed Mufti of the Republic.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Qui est Othman Battikh, ministre des Affaires religieuses? In: Directinfo , February 2, 2015.
  2. ^ A. Chennoufi: Nouveau Mufti pour la Tunisie. Hamda Saied remplace Cheikh Othmane Battikh for 3 jours de Ramadan! ( Memento of the original from July 7, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Tunivisions.net , July 6, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tunivisions.net
  3. ↑ Leo Wieland: Even more dead and injured. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , January 10, 2011.
  4. ↑ Othman Battikh. In: Islamopedia Online .
  5. ^ Cecile Feuillatre: Tunisia activists file suit against female circumcision preacher. In: Middle East Online , February 15, 2012.
  6. ↑ http://www.businessnews.com.tn/othman-battikh-nomme-mufti-de-la-republique,520,61650,3
personal data
SURNAME Batikh, Othman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tunisian Islamic clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Tunis