The Tunisian judiciary issued a detention warrant against the shadowy figure of the Ennahdha Movement within the Ministry of Interior, Fathi Al-Baladhi. He is considered one of the most dangerous elements of the secret apparatus of the Ennahdha Movement, as confirmed by experts in the affairs of extremist organizations.

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Tunisian radio station “Mozaique” reported that the detention warrant is related to the investigative case involving suspicions of forging Tunisian passports and delivering them to individuals wanted in international terrorism cases. The judiciary has leveled several charges against the shadowy figure, including joining a terrorist organization and facilitating operations with a terrorist nature.

These cases are related to the file of transporting terrorists to the tension zones opened in September 2022, and its extensive investigations have implicated security officials, former ministers, businessmen, and politicians close to the Ennahdha Movement.

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The list of accused individuals includes more than 100 people who were involved in transporting youth to fight within terrorist groups in Syria. Al-Baladhi’s name has been linked to the investigations conducted by the Ministry of Interior regarding the secret apparatus, whether during his work as an advisor to the Minister of Interior Ali Larayedh in the Truce Government or after his dismissal from the position. He was responsible for the movement’s secret apparatus, according to officials in Tunisia.

He is the nephew of Fadel Al-Baladhi, one of the founders of the Ennahdha organization in Tunisia, who was imprisoned in the early 1980s during the rule of the late President Habib Bourguiba for his involvement in terrorism and his participation in forming secret organizations working against the state’s interests.

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He was the head of the so-called “Black Room,” mentioned by the defense committee for the late Shukri Belaid and Mohamed Brahmi, who were assassinated years ago.

Furthermore, the Ennahdha Movement is pursued for supporting terrorism during its rule after 2011, urging youth in mosques and private meetings to join terrorist groups in Syria. Hundreds of religious associations in Tunisia linked to the Ennahdha Movement are implicated in the process of transporting youth, with dozens of them being dissolved after their connection to terrorist activities was proven.