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Islamist groups call off protests planned for Friday
France 24 15 June 2012
Several Tunisian religious groups, including a hardline Islamist party, called off Thursday planned demonstrations that could have led to violent showdowns with security forces. 
Tunisia: Man dies from injuries he got during Islamic riots over "un-Islamic" art exhibition
Jihad Watch 14 June 2012
Ah, the Arab Spring in full flower. "Tunisia: Man dies in Salafite clashes over 'un-Islamic' art exhibit," from AKI, June 13 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Tunis, 13 June (AKI) - A
Salafi Islamists, police clash in Tunis
Reuters India 13 June 2012
By Tarek Amara and Mohammed Argouby
Hundreds of Salafi Islamists, angered by an art exhibition they say insults Muslims, clashed with police in Tunis on Tuesday, raising religious tensions in the home of the Arab
Tunisia: Islamic supremacists destroy un-Islamic artwork
Jihad Watch 12 June 2012
More flowering of Western-style pluralism in "Arab Spring" Tunisia. "Protesters damage ‘offensive’ artwork in Tunisia," from AFP, June 11 (thanks to Benedict): Protesters have
Al Qaeda Says Tunisia's Constitution Violates Quran
Daijiworld.com 12 June 2012
Tunisia's ruling Islamist party has "violated" the Quran by accepting a constitution that is not based solely on Islamic law, Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has said in a new
Salafi Islamists, police clash in Tunis: witnesses
Chicago Tribune 12 June 2012
By Tarek Amara and Mohammed Argouby
TUNIS - Hundreds of conservative Salafi Islamists, angered by an art exhibition they believe humiliates Muslims, clashed with police in Tunis early on Tuesday, raising religious
Fathi El-Shihibi: Arab Intellectuals and the West
Pro Europa 6 June 2012
Even though many Arab intellectuals have expressed hope that the Arab Spring would significantly change the dynamics permeating the relationship between the Arab and the Western worlds, however based on the outcomes of revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya, popular attitudes remain similar if not identical to those that were prevalent following the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt in July of 1798 which brought Egypt and with it the Arab Muslim world face to face with the scientific and technologically superior Europe.
Tunisia: crusade against anti-Islam intellectual
ANSAmed 6 June 2012
TUNIS - Jelil Brick has been living in France for over twenty years now after escaping the claws of Ben Ali's political police and has always remained faithful to his character:
Muslims Slaughter "Apostate" in Tunisia
Right Side News 5 June 2012
By Raymond Ibrahim
"There is unanimity that the male apostate must be put to death." Liberal talk show host Tawfiq Okasha recently appeared on "Egypt Today," airing a video of Muslims slicing off a young
Radical Islamic rally marches in Central Tunisia amid anti-Semitic chants
EJP 4 June 2012
KAIROUAN --Thousands of Salafist Muslims marched on Kairouan in Central Tunisia, as part of the extremist Islamic movement’s annual assembly. The exclusively male attendees, many
Hizb-Ut-Tahrir Applies Again for License
Tunisia Live 30 May 2012
By Sana Ajmi
Hizb-Ut-Tahrir, a legally unrecognized Islamist party in Tunisia, filed for a license again on May 14, 2012. The Islamist party, which calls for the establishment of a Caliphate, or a
Jihad and Sharia - What's the Connection? Women
Right Side News 29 May 2012
By Clare Lopez
A new dark age is descending across much of the Middle East as the forces of Sharia Islam, enabled by official U.S. government policy, again demand strict enforcement of Islamic law. Parliamentary elections in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia already have brought the sharia-adherent Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan) to positions of unprecedented power in each legislature; elections in Libya, where an Al Qa’eda-led, NATO-assisted revolution toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, have been "postponed.”
Video: Thousands of Salafis in Tunisia: Obama, We Are All Osama
FOX News 25 May 2012
By MEMRITVVideos
Salafist congress in Kairouan draws thousands
Magharebia.com 24 May 2012
By Houda Trabelsi
Thousands of salafists converged on Kairouan Sunday (May 20th) outside the Uqba Ibn Nafi Mosque for the second annual congress of the Ansar al-Sharia movement. As many as 5,000 people
Muslim Persecution of Christians: April 2012
Gatestone Institute 21 May 2012
By Raymond Ibrahim
As Easter, one of the highest Christian holidays, comes in April, Christian persecution in Muslim nations—from sheer violence to oppressive laws—was rampant: In Nigeria, where jihadis have
Tunisian Salafists rally to demand greater role for Islam
DW.DE 21 May 2012
Hard-line Islamists have held their second rally since the fall of the Ben Ali regime, calling for the implementation of reforms along Islamic principles. The group's leader says they seek
Americans Understanding Islamic World Better Than George W. Bush
American Thinker 18 May 2012
By Andrew G. Bostom
Tuesday, former President George W. Bush delivered a speech in Washington, D.C. at an event entitled "Celebration of Human Freedom," sponsored by his presidential foundation, the George W. Bush Institute. The former president observed astutely that "freedom is a powerful force but it does not advance on wheels of historical inevitability."
Napolitano, Tunisia example in the area, Italy must help
ANSAmed 18 May 2012
TUNIS - Tunisia is ''an example'' for the Arab Spring countries and must now strengthen its democratic institutions showing ''solidity and stability''. Italian President Giorgio
Tunisia approves first Salafist party
Magharebia.com 18 May 2012
By Houda Trabelsi
Tunisia has approved a Salafist political party for the first time in the nation's history. The "Reform Front", granted license on May 11th, includes a group of leaders who were tried in
Algerian Islamist Threatens Revolt over Vote Results
Naharnet 14 May 2012
An Algerian Islamist leader said Sunday that a Tunisian-style revolt was the only option after polls he charged were fraudulent and threatened a mass pullout of smaller parties from
