Tunisia: President Marzouki Supports Granting Licenses to Salafist Parties

29 February 2012

In a TV interview hosted by Lebanese journalist Marcel Ghanem, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki said that he supports the recognition of Salafi parties.

Marzouki stated that he had invited some Salafi sheikhs to the Presidential Palace and had a "reasonable dialogue" with them.

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