13 February 2013

Tunisia's young 'General' sees future in sharia

.... "I am against the current government because it betrayed its promises, it betrayed people's expectations," he says. "Ennahda, the party in power, is more political than religious and this is what is disappointing."

Under President Ben Ali, Islam - both as a religion and as part of political life - was repressed. Now the country is experiencing a religious renaissance that is deeply divisive.

Ennahda, which won Tunisia's first post-revolution elections, is an Islamist party, but it is a moderate one. [Deutsche Welle] Read more