
Habib Ellouze
Habib Ellouze was elected October 23, 2011 in the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia on the behalf of Ennahda.
He was born in Sfax in 1953. Working as a contractor in the 1970s, he was known for his activism in the mosques of Sfax. He is a founding member of Ennahda. He chairs the decision-making body, the Shura Council, between 1988 and 1991 and the movement itself from June to September 1991. He was sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison.
At no time did Habib Ellouze regretted the practices of the Islamist party of the late 80’s Bab Souika particular case: a night guard of the ruling party headquarters burned alive by young activist of hod party. Or the acid attacks countryside.
In its articles, Martine Gozlan, Tunisia specialist said that Habib Ellouze is not anonymous in the Islamist movement. It has a large influence in the Shura Council. “When the political crisis that has divided the party, it was the hottest trend supporter of hard grouped around Rached Ghannouchi. Ellouze had no words strong enough to wilt the proposal of the former Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali who demanded a new non-political government. Jebali, for him it was a “antirevolutionary”! “
Habib Ellouze even, according to Martine Gozlan, cited to appear before a judge to have directly threatened the leader of the Popular Front Chokri Belaid, shortly before his assassination? Undaunted in the least, it reiterates its call for murder against another member of the PDU, Mongi Rahoui in January 2014 calling him “enemy of Islam”. Following these statements, Mongi Rahaoui was placed under police protection.
“I am Muslim, my mother is Muslim, my father is Muslim, my grandfather was a Muslim (…) and I do not need you to find out. Sheikh You are liars, as said Chokri Belaid martyrdom “(Mongi Rahaoui)
Following this case, the ANC in revised Article 6 on the freedom of conscience by adding an amendment which had however been rejected. By 131 votes in favor, 23 against and 28 abstentions, the ban on wearing charges of apostasy (“takfir”) is now enshrined in the Constitution. The charge of apostasy is one of the essential elements of the propaganda of the Muslim Brotherhood.
On 10 March 2013, in the columns of Arabic daily “Al Maghreb” Habib Ellouze states that female circumcision is a matter of aesthetics.
“What he is excised in addition to, but it is not true that circumcision removes the pleasure in women, it is the West that has exaggerated the issue. Excision is a cosmetic procedure for women “
Excision is not at all a Tunisian practice. His remarks triggered an outcry. Soon, we learn that Habib Ellouze was relying on theories preacher Wajdi Ghonim, an Egyptian Muslim Brother who was then living in Qatar.
