Articles tagged with: Ennahda
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Wednesday, 27 Feb, 2013
TUNIS, Asharq Al-Awsat---Four radical Salafist Muslims have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a Tunisian opposition leader, authorities in Tunis revealed yesterday.
According to Tunisian state television, four men were detained on suspicion of being involved in the assassination of the Tunisian veteran socialist politician Chokri Belaid, while the perpetrator is still being pursued by security forces, Tunisian Prime Minister-designate and Interior Minister Ali L...
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Tuesday, 12 Feb, 2013
TUNIS, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Tunisian Congress for the Republic (CPR) party, led by President Moncef Marzouki, has decided to stay in the ruling coalition for another week, but maintained its call for key Islamist ministers to resign.
Marzouki’s secular party had threatened to pull out of the Islamist-led government, which would have plunged the country deeper into political crisis. However, in a press conference yesterday, party chief Mohamed Abbou told reporters, “We have decided to...
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Thursday, 7 Feb, 2013
LONDON/TUNIS, Asharq Al-Awsat—The political situation in Tunisia remains uncertain in the wake of Wednesday’s assassination of left-wing political leader Chokri Belaid. Bel...
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My first meeting with Seyyed Ferjani, the Ennahda revolutionary and current advisor to the Tunisian Ministry of Justice, was on a morning of tear gas and demonstrations. It was my ...
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Monday, 18 Jun, 2012
For those who lived in Tunisia during its revolutionary days, last week was a déjà vu. Violent protests led to injuries and one fatality, curfews were put in place, and a general...
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Thursday, 24 May, 2012
Tunisia has accomplished much in the last year. Not only did the country initiate the Arab Spring with the ousting of its former President Ben Ali, it miraculously managed to d...
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Thursday, 10 May, 2012
A year after the revolution in Tunisia took place, one thing has become clear, though many of the grievances that led Tunisians to protest had economic origins, the living stan...
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Tuesday, 10 Jan, 2012
Tunisian Prime Minister, Hamadi Jebali, has committed himself to walking a fine line between advocating his own ideology of political Islam and safeguarding a stable democratic...
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