Tunis, Tunisia - Islamist militants on Thursday staged a demonstration in front of the Embassy of France in Tunisia to protest against 'interferences' and 'violations' of Islam attributed to French authorities and the French military intervention in Mali.
French interior minister, Manuel Valls, recently deplored 'the resurgence of Islamic fascism in Tunisia', declaring that his country 'will only cooperate with democrats'.
The demonstration, called by the 'Hizb Ettahrir' (Liberation party), a militant Islamist party advocating the enforcement of sharia, went off smoothly.
A delegation of the demonstrators was received by an official of the Embassy of France to whom they handed a letter for French President François Hollande.
Pana 15/02/2013