It all started when teachers refused to let the students wearing nikab to sit for exams with their faces covered.
On the 28th on Novembre a group of salafists held the dean of the the University of Letters, Arts, and Humanities of Manouba hostage.
The protests continued the next day and the salafists blocked classroom doors. Classes remained suspended for two days, and yesterday professors from different Tunisian universities went on a strike and protested in front of the constituent Assembly's local.
Thousands of students and citizens joined the protests.
On the 28th on Novembre a group of salafists held the dean of the the University of Letters, Arts, and Humanities of Manouba hostage.
The protests continued the next day and the salafists blocked classroom doors. Classes remained suspended for two days, and yesterday professors from different Tunisian universities went on a strike and protested in front of the constituent Assembly's local.
Thousands of students and citizens joined the protests.