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Tunisia issues warrant for Yasser Arafat's widow Suha
BBC News 2 November 2011
Tunisian authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for Suha Arafat, the widow of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The justice ministry said she is suspected of involvement 
Algeria: Christians arrested for proselytism during mass
ANSAmed 2 November 2011
ANSAmed
TUNIS - Five men were arrested by Algerian police for proselytism during a mass in a village in the wilaya of El Tarf, according to the website of the Liberté newspaper. The men were
Tunisian Elections and the Road to the Caliphate
Jihad Watch 28 October 2011
By Raymond Ibrahim
Tunisia, where the 2011 Arab uprisings began, remains an ominous model for where these uprisings will end.
The nation’s first round of elections are in, and, as expected, the Islamist party, al-Nahda, won by a landslide, gaining over 40% of the seats in the national constituent assembly. As usual, the mainstream media, interpreting events exclusively through a Western paradigm, portrayed this largely as a positive development.
Islamists gain ground in Tunisia
Magharebia.com 28 October 2011
By Nazim Fethi and Monia Ghanmi
The Tunisian revolution ushered in a new, more open era for the nation's politics, opening a gateway for once banned Islamists to re-enter the country's political life. Chief among the
Tunisia's secular women fret over rise of Islamism
Reuters 28 October 2011
By Christian Lowe
TUNIS - When hundreds of Tunisians drove through the capital sounding their horns and waving scarves this week to celebrate the election victory of an Islamist party, there was
Tunisian Islamist election win marred by clashes
zeenews.com 28 October 2011
Tunis: The Islamist Ennahda party was officially declared the winner of Tunisia's election, setting it up to form the first Islamist-led government in the wake of the "Arab Spring" uprisings. But
Islamic Winter: Tunisian and Libyan 'liberation' leads to Sharia
ChristianNewsToday.com 27 October 2011
The "Arab Spring" was predictably hailed by naive Western leaders as a positive development that would finally bring true Western-style democratic freedom to the masses of the Middle East.
But more than one analyst, including top Israeli officials, have warned that the Arab Spring is about to give birth to the Islamic Winter.
The Left’s Worst Crime in the Middle East
Canada Free Press 26 October 2011
By Daniel Greenfield
The left’s worst crime in the Middle East has been its support for the region’s Arab-Muslim majority at the expense of its minorities. It has supported the majority’s terrorism, atrocities, ethnic cleansing and repression of the region’s minorities. Very rarely has it raised a voice in their support, and when it has done so, it was in muted tones completely different from their vigorous defenses of the nationalism of the Arab Muslim majority.
Tunisia: Ennahdha triumphs, 1st North African Islamic state
ANSAMED.info 26 October 2011
TUNIS - Tunisia begins a new chapter in its history - with the title Ennahdha: the religious party which has had unexpected success, despite starting off as the front runner - exceeding even the
Victorious Tunisian Islamists seek to 'reassure' secular Tunisians
Jihad Watch 26 October 2011
Taqiyya alert: As Tunisia's Islamists chalk up the first of likely many electoral victories in the so-called 'Arab Spring' in Tunisia's elections, they are seeking to reassure the nervous, secular
Islamists claim lead in landmark Tunisia vote
The Jakarta Globe 25 October 2011
By Mariette le Roux
Tunisia's main Islamist party claimed Monday to have taken the biggest block of votes in historic free elections, as the cradle of the Arab Spring basked in praise for its democratic
Tunisia’s powerful party: A wolf in sheep’s clothing?
The Jerusalem Post 25 October 2011
By OREN KESSLER
Western media routinely describe Tunisia’s Ennahda party as "moderately Islamist.” The once-banned movement’s own past, however, reveals a tendency to violence, and its current platform raises
Islamists Lead Polls Before First Democratic Tunisia Election
BusinessWeek 20 October 2011
By Gregory Viscusi and Jihen Laghmari
Tunisia, the first country to rise up in the so-called Arab Spring, may also become the region’s first new democracy to vote an Islamist party into power. Ennahdha, an Islamic party legalized only
Muslims Rage Against Offending Filmmakers
FrontPage Magazine 19 October 2011
By Mark Tapson
It was a bad week for filmmakers’ freedom of expression, or for the tender sensibilities of Islamic fundamentalists, depending on your point of view. The television airing of a "blasphemous” film in Tunisia sent hundreds of offended Tunisians on a rampage. An Iranian actress was sentenced to jail and ninety lashes for appearing in a film deemed critical of the Iranian regime. And Bollywood filmmakers were ordered to either change the name of a film that "hurt Muslim feelings” or face thousands of angry demonstrators across Mumbai.
Tunisia Islamists set for big election gains
CBS News 17 October 2011
TUNIS, Tunisia — As the land that launched the Arab Spring heads into historic elections next week, all eyes are on the long-repressed Islamists — and whether a big victory for them will irrevocably
Islamist Protests in Tunisia
Huffington Post 14 October 2011
By Mischa Benoit-Lavelle
Tunisia is a free state, independent and sovereign: its religion is Islam, its language Arabic, and its regime the republic. -- 1st article of the Tunisian constitution. One might think that as
Bosnia Deports ‘National Security Threat’ to Tunisia
ISA 13 October 2011
By Anes Alic
After nearly a decade of delays, naturalized Bosnian citizen Karray Kamel Bin Ali was extradited to his home country of Tunisia on Monday, after having exhausted all legal avenues for remaining in
Salafi-linked violence used to influence Tunisia polls
The National 11 October 2011
By John Thorne
TUNIS // Their numbers are small and their opinions marginal. But in the charged atmosphere of Tunisia's election countdown, violence involving Salafi Muslims shows they could be a factor in the
Islamists attack Tunisian TV station for showing film 'hostile to their beliefs'
The National 10 October 2011
About 50 Islamist demonstrators were arrested yesterday for trying to attack the offices of a TV channel that had shown a controversial movie. The film, Persepolis, is based on Marjane Satrapi's
Tunisia Islamists storm university over veil ban
Reuters India 10 October 2011
By Tarek Amara
Islamists stormed a university in Tunisia on Saturday after it refused to enrol a woman wearing a full-face veil, a staff member said, highlighting tensions over religion that are likely to dominate
