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Tunisia security blocks salafi conference, 1 dead
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Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country, prompting clashes with angry youths that resulted in one death. Comment?
Tunisian activist held for provocation
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... a veil and they did not recognize her. Tunisia was ruled with an iron hand for 23 years by dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali until he was overthrown in a popular uprising in 2011 that sparked the Arab Spring across the region. Comment?
Tunisian feminist arrested for alleged provocation
... a veil and they did not recognize her. Tunisia was ruled with an iron hand for 23 years by dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali until he was overthrown in a popular uprising in 2011 that sparked the Arab Spring across the region. With his fall, Tunisia ... Comment?
An a.R. EditorialTHE New Revolt
... dozens of politicians taking bribes. By virtue of U.S. financial support for Tunisia's leader, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was able to ensure that government contracts and a lot of employment in the country was controlled by his family and friends, ... Comment?
Tunisian FEMEN member arrested and under investigation for 'provocative' appearance
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... a veil and they did not recognize her. Tunisia was ruled with an iron hand for 23 years by dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali until he was overthrown in a popular uprising in 2011 that sparked the Arab Spring across the region. With his fall, Tunisia ... Comment?
Bahrain jails Shias over terror...
... operation. Tunisia is facing an increase in extremist Islamism since the 2011 revolution that ousted Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. JERUSALEM: Israel said yesterday it had cancelled a visit by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ... Comment?
Tunisia blocks Muslim conference
Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked a conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement implicated in attacks across the country. Comment?
Heavy Tunisian security clash with hardline Muslim group in two cities
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Supporters of Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia clash with riot police at Hai al Tadamon in Tunis May 19, 2013. Comment?
Vendor dies in Saudi after self immolating
... 2010. His death sparked demonstrations in Tunisia that toppled in January 2011 former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who fled to Saudi Arabia. Appeals made on Saudi social media websites for mass protests in the oil-rich kingdom at the outset of ... 1 comment
Tunisian topless activist Amina Tyler reportedly arrested
... to find political and social stability since a popular uprising put an end to the rule of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Comment?
PM vows firm action after Islamist unrest
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... criticised for failing to prevent Islamist-linked unrest in Tunisia since the uprising that toppled Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and of being too lenient towards the Salafists. But it has hardened its stance since early May, faced with the threat of two ... Comment?
Tunisia security blocks salafi conference, 1 dead
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Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country, prompting clashes with angry youths that resulted in one death. Comment?
One person is reported to have died in clashes between Tunisian security forces and supporters of the hard-line Islamist Ansar al-Sharia group. Comment?
Tunisia: 1 Dead in Clashes Between Security Forces and Salafists
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... in Afghanistan, does not recognize the authority of the Tunisian state. Suppressed under president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, radical Islamists have grown increasingly assertive since the popular uprising that ousted the secular strongman in January ... Comment?
Clashes erupt in Tunisia after radical movement's conference banned
One protester died and several were injured Sunday when Tunisian Islamists defied a ban on their demonstration and clashed with police in two cities. Comment?
Tunisians Fear Growing Threat of Radical Islamists
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Supporters of Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia clash with riot police at Hai al-Tadamon in Tunis, May 19, 2013. Comment?
Tunisian police - fire tear gas' to disperse Ansar al-Sharia rally
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... has been rocked by attacks blamed on militant Islamists since the uprising that toppled president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and Ansar al-Sharia is considered the most radical of the extremist groups that emerged after the 2011 revolution. The ... Comment?
Tunisian Salafis Clash with Police in Holy City of Kairouan
... Ansar al-Sharia ( Tunisia ) was founded in 2011, after the fall of the regime of long-time president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali . Some of the group's leaders were previously political prisoners of the Ben Ali regime, which was intolerant to radical ... Comment?
Tunisia toughens up on radical Salafi Islamists
The Tunisian government is taking a harder line toward the hardline and ultraconservative Muslim groups, called Salafis by some. Comment?
Tunisia increases security as Salafists vow to defy ban
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... radical of the extremist groups that emerged after the 2011 revolution that ousted veteran strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The group's fugitive leader, Saif Allah Bin Hussein, a former al-Qaeda fighter in Afghanistan, warned last week he would ... Comment?