Tunisian press slams Egyptian cleric's 'infidel' election comments

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There are Muslim clerics all thoughout the Muslim world who don't want to see any semblance of democracy in a Muslim country. If the majority of the people in Tunisia want to see a secular country, he should keep his nose out of it.

Tunisian press slams Egyptian cleric's 'infidel' election comments

Tunisians are angered by recent comments made by Islamist preacher Wagdi Ghoneim about the country's parliamentary elections


Karem Yehia in Tunisia, Sunday 2 Nov 2014

Egyptian preacher Wagdi Ghoneim (Photo: Ahram)

Egyptian Islamist preacher Wagdi Ghoneim has sparked anger among Tunisians after describing their recent parliamentary elections as "nonsense."


Ghoneim also described the winners of the elections as "infidels", saying the Islamist party Ennahda "sacrificed Islam for democracy" as its leader Rachid Al-Ghannouchi congratulated Beji Caid Essebsi, head of the winning party Nidaa, last Sunday.

Ghoneim is an oustpoken Islamist preacher and an ardent loyalist of the Muslim Brotherhood, a group that the post-Morsi authorities have banned.

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