The Tunisian Labour Organisation (OTT) has called for a sit-in to protest at the ministry of religious affairs’ decision to sack Imams and close down mosques accused of operating outside its oversight. The decision was taken hastily in the wake of the July Sousse Attack. The sit-in due to take place on August 26 outside the ministry’s building aims, according to Chihebeddine Tlich Secretary general of OTT, to explain to the authorities that the said measures are counter-productive and could feed extremism rather than defeat it. Tlich deplored that the anti-terrorism law passed recently has been used to target faith-based organisations and charities. It is worth mentioning that the OTT was set up in 2013 at the peak of the polarisation between the Ennahda-let Troika and Nidaa Tounes and other leftist groups.
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