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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 14 Jun 2017

    Tunisian smoker jailed for not fasting in Ramadan http://bbc.in/2szjXEo pic.twitter.com/r22vpfAY6c

    4:24 AM - 14 Jun 2017
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      1. PLICC‏ @Plicc13 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This is the kind of babaric acts we don't want. Where is the liberty? We will not rest until there is zero #Islam & #Christianity in #Africa

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      2. STEPHEN KALEMA‏ @stephenkalema6 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        this must be condemned by human rights since God gave us free will

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      3. Babou ‏ @baboujoof22 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @stephenkalema6 @BBCAfrica

        it is because of human rights that why he is jailed because smoking seriously affects other around you

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      4. STEPHEN KALEMA‏ @stephenkalema6 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @baboujoof22 @BBCAfrica

        then what's freedom of expression Mr I think it's his right to smoke,

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      5. Babou ‏ @baboujoof22 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @stephenkalema6 @BBCAfrica

        yes is his right but is it his right to seriously affects the health of other around him?

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      1. GAlexanderLucas‏ @GAlexanderlucas 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Jesus has set us free from the law of sin and death

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      1. iam_Phemmy_Nice®‏ @phemmynice 14 Jun 2017
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        Na by force .....

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      1. KWAYU, Miss‏ @fak18 15 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @MariaSTsehai

        Is fasting a personal or a national thing??#baffling

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      1. J. Pappad‏ @kingpappad 14 Jun 2017
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        They should be in jail for taking this ma. In jail during Ramadan. Down low that shit is funny though.

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      1. Mohamed Yussuf‏ @Drmyuss27 14 Jun 2017
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        So he wasn't charged for "public indecency " as you mentioned in the earlier post? 😂

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      1. Musa‏ @moseiz 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        what..that's religion colonization.

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      1. Voice by Laila‏ @BBlaila1990 14 Jun 2017
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        lol

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      2. Richard Uku‏ @richard_uku 14 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This is the sort of thing that emboldens #religious #extremists in their own radical behaviour.

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