.... With the fall of Tunisia's dictatorship there also has appeared an ultraconservative movement known as the Salafists with little interest in politics, but seeking to pressure greater religious observation in society.
Many of Wednesday's demonstrators said they had come out because of an attack by Salafist students on three female instructors at a nearby university.
A delegation from the demonstrators was received by the interim prime minister who assured them that women's rights was a "red line" for all the parties. [Associated Press] Read more
