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How One Arab Swallow Does Not Make a Spring

What was the main factor leading to failure or success of the Arab revolts… Read more

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab World • Crethi Plethi • Culture • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Iranian Protests • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Libya War • Muslim Brotherhood • Obamaism • Politics • Syrian Revolution • Yemen 
Posted on Thu, October 17, 2013 at 19:01 pm CEST
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Sex Jihad and Western Disbelief

Sex jihadis in Syria have sex with countless rebels… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Global Jihad • Jihadism • Religion • Sharia Law • Slavery in Islam • Syrian Revolution • Tunisia 
Posted on Thu, October 17, 2013 at 18:58 pm CEST
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Pregnant with Aids: Tunisian Girl Recounts Her Sex Jihad in Syria

The sex jihad in Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Global Jihad • Religion • Slavery in Islam • Syrian Revolution • Tunisia 
Posted on Wed, October 2, 2013 at 11:22 am CEST
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The “Arab Spring” is now officially over

Al-Qaeda linked terrorism threatens Tunisia’s economy and security… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Arab Spring • Democracy • Islamic Terrorism • Jasmine Revolution • Tunisia 
Posted on Fri, September 27, 2013 at 16:33 pm CEST
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Mr. Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, President of the Republic of Tunisia, Addresses General Assembly, 68th session, 2013

Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, President of the Republic of Tunisia, addresses the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Tunisia • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, February 9, 2013 at 00:36 am CET
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Arab Moderation Is Murdered: An Assassination in Tunisia

People who believe the Arabic-speaking world is heading toward democracy don’t understand that Islamist forces are unleashed quite willing to engage in violence until total triumph… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Tunisia 
Posted on Sat, July 7, 2012 at 21:27 pm CEST
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Tunisia: Goodbye Democracy? Islamists Start to Take Over Media

The much-touted, Islamist-led coalition government in Tunisia is showing how little has changed… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Islamism • The Media • Tunisia 
Posted on Fri, June 15, 2012 at 20:57 pm CEST
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The Wild Card in Arab “Democratic” Politics: Extra-Parliamentary Violence

Consider just a small part of what’s gone on in Tunisia, a relatively moderate country where the radical Islamists “only” got 40 percent of the vote… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Religion • Salafism • Tunisia 
Posted on Wed, April 18, 2012 at 19:23 pm CEST
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Hillary Clinton Implies: Pro-Israel Sentiment Doesn’t Reflect America

Sometimes a secretary of state is asked tough questions. How they are answered shows the underlying philosophy of official and government… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Democracy • Israel • Political Correctness • Tunisia • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, April 9, 2012 at 20:54 pm CEST
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Tunisia

The Muslim Brotherhood branch in Tunisia is relatively new. It was established in the 1970s by… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamism • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Tunisia 
Posted on Sat, January 14, 2012 at 13:25 pm CET
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The Visit of a Hamas leader to Tunisia, the Arab Spring, and crass pro-Palestinian apologism

When Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ leader in the Gaza Strip, visited Tunisia, he was met with an ecstatic welcome from both the Tunisian public and authorities alike… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab Spring • Hamas • Islamism • Jew-Hatred • Rob Harris • Tunisia 
Posted on Wed, January 4, 2012 at 21:47 pm CET
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Sunni versus Shia: The Middle East’s New Strategic Conflict

Conflicts between Sunni and Shia Muslims are not at all new, but… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egyptian Revolution • Iran • Iraq • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Lebanon • Libya War • Politics • Religion • Security and Defense • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Syrian Revolution • The Middle East 
Posted on Fri, December 30, 2011 at 00:17 am CET
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After the “Arab Spring”: Will Freedom Take Hold in the Arab World?

At the end of 2011 is anyone in the Arabic-speaking world better off as a result of the upheavals of the Arab Spring… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Barry Rubin • Democracy • Egypt • Human Rights • Libya • The Middle East • Tunisia • Yemen 
Posted on Tue, December 27, 2011 at 18:41 pm CET
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Tunisia: There’s Still Hope for Democracy Because The Majority Doesn’t Want Islamism

Is Tunisia, the Arab world’s historically most moderate country in social and intellectual terms, headed for Islamism… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Tunisia 
Posted on Fri, December 23, 2011 at 08:37 am CET
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The “Arab Spring” and Its Impact on Israel

The “Arab Spring” is the name given to the tumultuous political events of 2011… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Barry Rubin • Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Israel • Libya • The Middle East • Tunisia 
Posted on Mon, December 12, 2011 at 17:54 pm CET
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Make Way for the Muslim Brotherhood International

It’s time for the Fifth Internationale, that of the Muslim Brotherhoods… Continue reading

Topics: Communism • Egypt • Hamas • Islamism • Jordan • Libya • Muslim Brotherhood • Qatar • Syria • Tunisia • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, December 3, 2011 at 20:46 pm CET
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French minister of Arab origin: “There is no such thing as moderate Islam”

A French junior minister said in an interview published Saturday there was no such thing as moderate Islam… Continue reading

Topics: Algeria • Arab Spring • Crethi Plethi • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • France • Human Rights • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Multiculturalism • Religion • Sharia Law 
Posted on Sun, November 20, 2011 at 16:57 pm CET
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Brothers in Arms: The Muslim Brotherhood Takes Over the (Sunni) Arab World

On November 28, Egyptians will vote for a parliament which will also write the country’s new constitution… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Sunni Islam • Syria • Tunisia • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, November 20, 2011 at 01:05 am CET
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Why Do Western Elites Minimize Radical Threats in the Middle East?

Why cannot Western elites see this kind of lightly camouflaged extremism… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Palestinian Authority • Tunisia 
Posted on Thu, November 17, 2011 at 19:36 pm CET
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Islam: What Does “Moderate” Islamist Mean?

Are Islamist parties portrayed as more moderate or pluralistic than they actually are… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamism • Religion • Tunisia • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, November 16, 2011 at 19:23 pm CET
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A Saudi Writer Explains the “Muslim Brotherhood Spring”

What we are seeing is a political Islamist tsunami… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Libya War • Muslim Brotherhood • Syrian Revolution • Yemen 
Posted on Mon, November 7, 2011 at 01:30 am CET
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The Arab Political Left and the Islamist Drive for Power

In the “good old days” of Stalinist Communism, the Left would have called the Islamists, “clerical fascists”… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Tunisia 
Posted on Sat, October 29, 2011 at 15:01 pm CEST
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Out of Tune in Tunisia: What’s Really Going on There and Throughout the Arab World

What is the current political situation in Tunisia? Simple… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Westernism • Communism • Islamism • Tunisia 
Posted on Wed, October 5, 2011 at 18:35 pm CEST
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Erdogan’s North African Tour: Turkey’s Regional Aspirations and Western Interests

The September 12-16 tour of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Egypt, Tunisia and Libya has occasioned the question what role… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Jasmine Revolution • Libya • Libya War • Tunisia • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, October 4, 2011 at 20:13 pm CEST
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Here Come the Arab Elections!

Imagine when parties are negotiating over the Constitution and the election rules… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Syria • Tunisia