Reports that Tunisia may establish a committee for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice have sent waves of anxiety among citizens, especially as the country struggles to preserve its social gains.
“It would be a major disaster if such a committee was given a legal license,” Jawadi said, adding that the body would be “alien” to Tunisia and its habits.
Committee founder Adil El Almi, however, argued that the creation of religious police has become “indispensable” in Tunisia.
“The recent election has proved that the Islamic identity of the Tunisian people is out of the question,” he told Magharebia. [Eurasia Review] Read more [via National Secular Society]
