Abu Iyad al Tunisi, the leader of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia, called the ruling Islamist Ennahda party a “tyrant” after the arrest of the group’s spokesman and the prevention of rallies by the group over the weekend. Al Tunisi, a follower of al Qaeda-linked Abu Qatada, is wanted for the September 2012 attack on the US Embassy in Tunis. A Tunisian feminist who tried to disrobe near a Kairouan mosque in protest against a planned Ansar al Sharia gathering was arrested.
