The Ministry of Interior then outlawed Ansar al-Sharia yesterday and banned all its activities.
The arrests and the ban of Ansar al-Sharia represent a major policy shift for the coalition government led by the Islamist Ennahda party. This administration had been seen by critics as too lenient on extremist religious groups involved in a number of violent incidents since the January 2011 revolution.
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