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Tunisia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Othman Battikh called on Tunisians to halt social protests and sit-ins. His call has raised controversy and was condemned by civil society and trade unions. Diwan al-Ifta, Tunisia’s highest religious establishment, issued a statement Sept. 26 where the grand mufti called to “abandon untimely protests and sit-ins that hinder work and production, and refrain from blocking the roads and damaging public property.” The mufti’s call came following the recent social protests and labor strikes in Tunisia.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/09/tunisia-mufti-call-halt-strikes-right-interference.html

Protesters blockade Tunisia phosphate mine, demand jobs

Protesters have partly blocked Tunisia's phosphate production, a month after state-run Gafsa Phosphate (CPG) announced an agreement to hire new workers to end demonstrations that had disrupted output for months, an official said on Saturday.

The CPG protests are becoming one of the first tests for the new government of Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, who has said he would take a strong position against sit-ins that damaged the country's economy.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/protesters-blockade-tunisia-phosphate-mine-demand-jobs-1020060118