Tunisia’s Security Concerns
Absztrakt :
Ansar al-Sharia, established in April 2011, is the most prominent Salafist jihadist
organization in Tunisia. At the beginning the movement, which sympathizes with
the ideology of al-Qaeda, focused its attention on humanitarian and missionary
works. Later it did not balk at using violence to enforce religious norms. The conflict between the Ennahda Government and the organization culminated between
May and July, 2013. At the end of August the Government finally designated
Ansar al-Sharia a terrorist-organization. According official reports, the organization
is responsible for planning several unsuccessful attacks during the intervening
months. Additionally, Okba bin Nafaa, the military wing of Ansar al-Sharia, has
been fighting an open war with the Tunisian Army in the Algerian border region
since December 2012.