Who is Noureddine Bhiri, the mastermind of the Muslim Brotherhood in Tunisia, accused in the travel case after being sentenced?
Noureddine Bhiri, the mastermind of the Muslim Brotherhood in Tunisia, has been accused in the travel case after being sentenced. He is a leader of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood in Tunisia, and not only that, but he is also the mastermind behind the Brotherhood. Therefore, Tunisia had to investigate the crimes of Bhiri, who has become a threat to the state due to his spread of terrorism in the country.
The latest development was the issuance of an arrest warrant against the Muslim Brotherhood leader Noureddine Bhiri in connection with the travel case to terrorism hotspots.
The investigating judge at the counter-terrorism judicial pole issued an arrest warrant against Noureddine Bhiri on Tuesday evening in the travel case to terrorism hotspots. This step follows the interrogation of Bhiri earlier on Tuesday in the case of facilitating travel to terrorism hotspots, with the suspicion of “issuing passports for foreigners.”
So, who is Noureddine Bhiri, the mastermind of the Muslim Brotherhood?
Bhiri was placed under three months of house arrest in a case involving the facilitation of terrorists’ travel to tension hotspots, as well as providing passports and identity cards illegally to foreigners for terrorist purposes. In November 2022, Tunisian authorities launched an investigation that implicated 14 individuals, including 11 employees of the ministries of interior, foreign affairs, and justice, in various charges, including selling citizenship and issuing passports to terrorists.
Bhiri, nicknamed the “engineer of suspicious deals for the Tunisian Brotherhood” and the mastermind of the group, faces accusations of attempting to destroy files that prove the connection between the Ennahdha movement and political assassinations. Noureddine Bhiri previously served as the Minister of Justice in the government of Hamadi Jebali between 2011 and 2013, then became a minister delegate in the government of Ali Laarayedh between 2013 and 2014. Bhiri has been a member of the Ennahda movement since 1977 and was imprisoned for his affiliation with the movement between February and September 1987.
Currently, Tunisian authorities are intensifying efforts to confront any attempts to undermine security and stability in the country. They are conducting a campaign to arrest supporters of terrorism and troublemakers, which includes influential figures with influence over the past ten years since the fall of the late President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s regime.
