President Beji Caid Essebsi of Tunisia has recently lifted the ban on Muslim Tunisian women who want to marry Christian or Jewish men without the need for those men to convert to Islam as a prerequisite. That is something that had reportedly once been introduced in Tunisia by the late president Bourguiba. The decision has caused a massive uproar which has reverberated throughout the region of the Middle East and North Africa, with countless Muslims- men and women- expressing their consternation at the thought of Muslim women marrying Christian or Jewish men. Many Muslims have used the mass media to try and dissuade any Muslim women who may be thus tempted from even entertaining such thoughts, arguing that what President Essebsi had advocated was a clear and blatant violation of Islam in general and of the Quran in particular.
- HUSAM DUGHMAN
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