Tunisia: Difference between revisions

The bulk of Tunisians belong to the [[Maliki|Maliki school]] of [[Sunni Islam]], and their [[mosques]] are easily recognizable by square minarets. However, the [[Turkish people|Turks]] brought with them the teaching of the [[Hanafi|Hanafi school]] during [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman rule]], which still survives among [[Turks in Tunisia|families of Turkish descent]] today; their mosques traditionally have octagonal minarets.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Jacobs|first1=Daniel|last2=Morris|first2=Peter|year=2002|title=The Rough Guide to Tunisia|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-85828-748-5|page=460}}</ref> Sunnis form the majority, with [[non-denominational Muslims]] being the second largest group of Muslims,<ref>[http://www.pewforum.org/2012/08/09/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-1-religious-affiliation/#identity Chapter 1: Religious Affiliation] retrieved 4 September 2013</ref>{{full citation needed|date=June 2022}} followed by [[Ibadite]] [[Amazigh]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://boa.unimib.it/bitstream/10281/2954/3/BerberIbaditePoem.pdf |journal=Studi Magrebini |volume=3 |year=2005 |pages=131–142 |title=Studi berberi e mediterranei. Miscellanea offerta in onore di Luigi Serra, a cura di A.M. Di Tolla |trans-title=A new Berber Ibadite poem |last=Brugnatelli |first=Vermondo }}</ref><ref>[http://remmm.revues.org/6253 "Les mosquées ibadites du Maghreb"] [The Ibadi mosques of the Maghreb]. Remmm.revues.org. Retrieved on 5 September 2015.</ref>

 

 

[[Judaism]] is the third largest religion, with between 1,000 and 1,400 members.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tunisia|url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-report-on-international-religious-freedom/tunisia/|access-date=2020-12-19|publisher=United States Department of State|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jews of Tunisia|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jews-of-tunisia#1|access-date=2020-12-19|website=Jewish Virtual Library}}</ref> One third of the Jewish population lives in and around the capital. The remainder lives on the island of [[Djerba]] with 39 synagogues where the Jewish community dates back 2,600 years,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thearabweekly.com/pilgrims-flock-tunisias-djerba-jewish-festival|title=Pilgrims flock to Tunisia's Djerba Jewish festival {{!}} Lamine Ghanmi|website=Arab Weekly|language=en|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref> in Sfax, and in Hammam-Lif.<ref name="irfrtun"/> Djerba, an island in the [[Gulf of Gabès]], is home to [[El Ghriba synagogue]], which is one of the [[Oldest synagogues in the World|oldest synagogues in the world]] and the oldest continuously used. Many Jews consider it a pilgrimage site, with celebrations taking place there once a year due to its age and the legend that the synagogue was built using stones from [[Solomon's temple]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Synagogues|last=Gruber |first=Samuel |publisher= Metro Books|date= 1 May 1999}}</ref> Although [[Antisemitism in Tunisia|antisemitic]] violence has been reported,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tunisia: Jewish population determined to stay despite anti-Semitic violence |date=11 January 2018|url=https://www.dw.com/en/tunisia-jewish-population-determined-to-stay-despite-anti-semitic-violence/a-42105135|website=[[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref> Tunisia and [[Morocco]] are said to be the Arab countries most accepting of their Jewish populations.<ref>{{cite web |last=Harris |first=David A. |url=http://www.aish.com/jw/me/87098057.html |title=Usurping History |publisher=Aish.com |date=13 March 2010 |access-date=2 May 2010 |archive-date=20 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420093318/http://www.aish.com/jw/me/87098057.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>