Tunisian Parliament Passes Law Calling Islam The State Religion, ‘Only A Muslim Can Be President’

Since Islam is now the official state religion, “vile animals” are therefore ineligible from running for the office of the Presidency. One step forward and two steps back is moving backwards, not forward …

Qur’an Sura 8:55, “Surely the vilest of animals in Allah’s sight are those who disbelieve [non-Muslims] …”

By Dalit Halevy and Tova Dvorin, INN – “The Tunisian Parliament approved a new constitution Monday. Despite reports that the constitution guarantees both separation of powers and civil rights, it lacks one crucial clause: absolute freedom of religion – for its politicians.

The new constitution names Islam as the official religion. While RT reported Sunday that Sharia Law will not be the basis of the constitution, Article 73 of the new plan does demand that the President be exclusively Muslim – as a model of being a good Tunisian citizen.

Other edicts enacted by the charter include a landmark move granting equal rights to both genders. ‘All male and female citizens have the same rights and duties. They are equal before the law without discrimination,’ states article 20 of the text, which was approved by 159 lawmakers out of the 169 who voted, according to AFP. Human rights groups have lauded the move.

Two years ago, Tunisians elected the moderate Islamist Ennahda party in the country’s first free and competitive elections. It formed a government in alliance with two secular parties.

Tunisia has been roiled by social unrest and political crises ever since…” Read more.

Flashback: Tunisian Christians Continue In The Faith Of Jesus Amid Death Threats, ‘Do You Know That It Is Not Forbidden [In Islam] To Kill You?’ – “Some 1,500 devoted Tunisian Christian, most of them former Muslims, worship in church buildings or in house churches despite death threats and growing influence of Islamic extremists… Open Doors, which supports ‘persecuted Christians’ worldwide, mentioned a man identified only as Steve who was allegedly threatened by Islamists. ‘They said to me: ‘Do you know that it is not forbidden to kill you?’ But I didn’t really feel afraid,’ Steve was quoted as saying. ‘I could answer them: ‘Yes I know you can do that [you can kill me]‘. They responded that I was crazy saying that. I said to them: ‘Yes, I am crazy for Jesus’.’” Read more.

Flashback: Tunisia: Cleric Asks Allah To Annihilate Jews, ‘Strike Them With A Resounding Blow … With Your Hatred And Wrath’ And Leave Not A Single One – “Oh Allah, just like you destroyed the people of ‘Aad and Thamud, destroy this gang of Jews. Strike them with a deterring force that will destroy them… Oh Allah, you know everything that those accursed Jews have done – the corruption they spread on earth … Strike them with a resounding blow, and do not leave a single one of them. Oh Lord, rip them asunder, and disperse them throughout the land …” Read more.

Flashback: Tunisian Salafist Declares The Future Conquest of Andalusia, Rome, And Jerusalem, ‘This Is The Age Of The Muslims’ – “I would like to declare loud and clear that the Al-Nusra Front, Ansar Al-Sharia, Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq, and the mujahideen in Somalia, in Mali, and in Algeria – we all stand united against the enemies. Our goal is to support the Islamic nation, to support the religion, to elevate the shari’a, and to spread the law of Muhammad… This is the age of the Muslims. Gone are the days of secularists and democracy. We are looking down upon them. We are looking down upon them from above. They are beneath us.” Read more.