Tunisia sacks minister for questioning Wahhabism
‘Tunisia has sacked its religious affairs minister following his parliamentary speech where he said Wahhabism, the radical ideology dominating Saudi Arabia, was the source of terrorism.
The Tunisian government said in a statement on Friday that Prime Minister Youssef Chahed had decided to relieve Abdeljalil Ben Salem of his duties for “attacking the foundations of diplomacy.”
Ben Salem said during a parliament session on Thursday that he had “dared” to question the Saudi envoy to Tunis as well as the secretary general of Arab interior ministers, who is a Saudi national, about the Saudi Wahhabism being a “vehicle for terrorism.”‘
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