Amina Tyler, 19, was found in the midst of police scuffles with hardline Salafist group Ansar al-Shariah. (Photo via Femen France on Facebook) Al Arabiya with The Associated Press – After months of reportedly going into hiding, the outspoken Tunisian feminist who sparked a trend of “topless jihad” has been found and arrested by … Continue reading »
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The black banner in Tunisia
Al-Qaeda-affiliate Ansar al-Sharia is demonstrating an alarming growth in stature and capabilities by Hussein Ibish The Tunisian group Ansar al-Sharia is about as close as one could fear to being an al-Qaeda-front organization operating freely in an Arab country. And it’s on the move. For months, Ansar al-Sharia and its allies have been violently … Continue reading »
Islamists in Egypt and Turkey: a comparison
The Al Arabiya Institute for Studies compared Islamists in Egypt and Turkey. (File) Al Arabiya Institute for Studies – Hoshnek Oussi The Al Arabiya Institute for Studies examined 15 points of conversion and difference between Egypt under Muslim Brotherhood rule, and Turkey under the Justice and Development Party (AK). 1. Turkey’s Islamists have long … Continue reading »
Tunisia bans Salafist group congress: Ruling party
Tunisian government bans radical Salafist group Ansar al-Sharia from holding its annual congress meeting for not following legal procedures AFP The Tunisian government has decided to ban the congress of hardline Salafist group Ansar al-Sharia due to take place at the end of this week, the ruling Islamist party’s leader said on Wednesday. “The government … Continue reading »
The Islamist purge splurge
Islamists are increasingly turning to purges to gain or consolidate power by Hussein Ibish What’s a poor Islamist to do? All they ever wanted was to take over Arab states and impose their reactionary ideology on everybody else. For decades, they assumed that the only thing really holding them back were non-Islamist dictators. But as … Continue reading »
Ansar al-Sharia leader threatens war against Tunisia govt
The head of a radical Salafist group in Tunisia has threatened to wage war against the government, led by moderate Islamist party Ennahda, accusing it in a message posted online of un-Islamic policies. “To the tyrants who think they are Islamists… know that the stupid things you are doing are dragging you to war,” said … Continue reading »
Tunisia at war with ‘international terrorism’ (Hey Barry, take notes)
TUNIS — Press reports warned Thursday that Tunisia was “at war with international terrorism “ after the government revealed that jihadists being pursued by the army have ties to Al-Qaeda and the Islamist rebellion in Mali. French-language daily Le Temps raised fears of “a spiral of deadly violence similar to the one that ravaged Algeria … Continue reading »
Tunisia links two wanted jihadist groups to al-Qaeda
Tunisian army vehicles are deployed in Kasserine, the regional capital of the western region of Mount Chaambi, on May 7, 2013. (AFP) AFP, Tunis – Tunisian authorities on Tuesday recognized that two jihadist groups which the army has been hunting on the Algerian border have links to al-Qaeda, stressing their determination to take them … Continue reading »
Tunisian Salafists storm female student hostel to stop dancing
Tunisian women shout slogans during a protest calling for the respect of women’s rights and other fundemental rights on August 13, 2012 in Tunis, Tunisia. (AFP) Reuters – Hardline Islamists threw stones and bottles at young women in a student hostel in Tunis to stop them staging a performance of dance and music, witnesses … Continue reading »
The Salafists’ Next Frontier? #SexualJihad Anyone?
The Salafists’ next frontier? ‘Sexual Jihad’ via SyndiGate.info Little Tunisian women: are teen school girls going on a ‘Sexual Jihad’ in Syria? (image used for illustrative purposes) Last week we heard about topless Tunisians protesting their right to defy a patriarchal honor society with its male guardianship trappings. This week comes another story from … Continue reading »
Tunisia: Acting President receives delegation of Hamas and Islamic Jihad
“Pundits and politicians are already ringing the alarm bells. The common refrain you hear in the US: The Middle East is being overrun with religious radicals bent on oppressing women and destroying Israel. That is nonsense, of course.” — Reza Aslan Of course! More glories of the beautiful, democratic “Arab Spring”: “Tunisia: Acting President Marzouki … Continue reading »
Islamic Assassination: Silencing Freedom Fighters
Tunisia, one of the most secular Arab countries in modern times—and the first country to experience the “Arab Spring”—was also recently the first Arab country to experience an Islamic assassination since the Arab Spring began. The BBC explains: Tunisian opposition politician Chokri Belaid has been shot dead outside his home in the capital, Tunis. Relatives … Continue reading »
Tunisia Islamist Government Falls – Please let Morsi be next
(Reuters) – Tunisia’s ruling Islamists dissolved the government and promised rapid elections in a bid to restore calm after the killing of an opposition leader sparked the biggest street protests since the revolution two years ago. The prime minister’s announcement late on Wednesday that an interim cabinet of technocrats would replace his Islamist-led coalition came … Continue reading »
How did I miss the fatwa against Spongebob????
EoZ/From Ansamed: A dozen little girls, the older not even eight years of age, wore the Islamic veil when they posed around a Kuwaiti preacher who is visiting Tunisia to preach conservative Islam. The photos led to vibrant protests across the country with even 70 lawmakers in the Constituent Assembly signing a motion to condemn … Continue reading »
Is the Muslim Brotherhood targeting the UAE?
After quietly brewing for the past year, the controversy over alleged Muslim Brotherhood efforts to infiltrate and destabilize the United Arab Emirates has now openly erupted. The most recent development is the arrest of 11 Egyptian expatriates in the UAE on charges of subversion, stealing state secrets and operating under the influence of—and sending large … Continue reading »
Tunisia:Ghannouchi urges flogging of blogger
Some analysts accused Rachid Ghannouchi of seeking to impose the Shariah law in Tunisia. (AFP) By Al Arabiya/Rachid Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia’s ruling Islamist Ennahda party, has said the punishment of flogging should be introduced against people who are charged of slander, in reference to a female blogger who published documents accusing his son-in-law … Continue reading »
