Justice kiosk: Tunisia's alternative law enforcers

For years, the Arab world's dictators kept radical Islamic groups in check, but the uprisings of 2011 gave them freedom to operate more openly. In Tunisia, where the Arab Spring began, a tiny but well-organised minority of fundamentalists, some of them violent, have mounted a major challenge to the state.

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The kiosk as it was before...

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And after it was destroyed by the Tunisian authorities

As a court of law it didn't look very impressive. Those seeking justice didn't enter through a pillared portico. Instead, they pushed their way past racks of women's dresses. The judge had no chair or desk. He heard his cases standing in a space a couple of metres square, bounded by steel sheeting.

But the judicial system based in a tiny clothes kiosk in the Tunisian town of Bizerte became increasingly popular with local people.

And it posed a serious challenge to the authority of the state.

The informal palais de justice was run by a softly-spoken former jihadi fighter with a long grey beard called Abdesslam Sharif. Using Islamic law, he ruled on all manner of issues.

More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23469218

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Justice kiosk: Tunisia's alternative law enforcers

Justice kiosk: Tunisia's alternative law enforcers

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