Djerba attack: Brotherhood impeding stability in Tunisia
The attack on a synagogue in the city of Djerba, Tunisia, brings up obsession with lone-wolf attacks inside the Muslim Brotherhood.
These attacks aim to disrupt the stability and
calm enjoyed by Tunisia under President Kais Saied.
Muslim Brothers
The Tunisian parliament pointed accusing fingers
at Ennahda Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Tunisia, in
relation to the attack in Djerba. President Saied condemned the attack as well.
The attack, he said, aimed to destabilize Tunisia.
"Nobody can deprive Tunisia of the stability
it enjoys," President Saied said.
"Tunisia is a country of strong
institutions," he added, noting that the Tunisian people know who the
criminals are," he added.
The attack left six people dead, including three
policemen. The dead victims also included two Jewish visitors of the synagogue:
a Tunisian national and a French tourist. The perpetrator of the attack was
also killed.
Several policemen were also injured in the
attack. They are now receiving treatment.
Largest ever
The attack in Djerba comes at a time when Tunisia
is witnessing a severe financial crisis.
The Tunisian government wages a necessary war
against the Brotherhood's breaches of state institutions.
This war followed President Saied's decision to
remove the Islamist group from the political scene in the country.
President Saied also dissolved the Ennahda cabinet
and froze the Tunisian parliament. The president also embarked on an aspiring
reform process of the Tunisian judiciary and economy.
In 2002 Djerba witnessed another synagogue
attack, the largest of its kind on a house of worship in the North African
country.
Search for the Brotherhood
Islamism specialist, Hesham al-Naggar, said the
Brotherhood is the first beneficiary of the latest attack, if it had not been
behind it.
"The Brotherhood is the biggest loser from
Tunisia's stability and security," al-Naggar told The Reference.
He referred to the current arrest of the leaders
of Ennahda movement by the Tunisian government.
The leaders of the movement, he added, are also
being prosecuted for various crimes and excesses.
