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Young jihadists from Tunisia are entering Syria to join the rebels battling to topple President Assad. BBC's Ahmed Maher reports from Tunis. Would you like to know more? Islamic Schools On The Rise In Tunisia http://bit.ly/12c80NA A Bitter Season Of Discontent http://bit.ly/10raZmO Controversy over Tunisian jihadists fighting in Syria http://bbc.in/YIILmZ "Young jihadists from across the Arab world are entering Syria to join the rebels battling to topple President Assad. Muslim men from Tunisia are believed to form one of the largest group of foreign fighters. Tunisia's secular opposition has accused the government of being too lenient with Salafist sheiks who they say are radicalising young men - but the government says it cannot stop people from travelling...." Egypt, Turkey, and Tunisia Are All Slowly Islamizing (theatlantic, May 13, 2013) http://bit.ly/10SEr0Y "...Thus far in Tunisia, Egypt, and Turkey, Islamists have won, which means the political institutions of the state will, to varying degrees, reflect the priorities of the Muslim Brotherhood, Ennahda, and the Justice and Development Party (AKP), respectively. Yet what does it mean to "Islamize institutions"? It is a process in which Islamic legal codes, norms, and principles are either incorporated into existing laws, or supplant them. By grounding certain institutions in Islamic tenets, Islamist elites create an environment in which religion plays a greater role in society, including in areas that have not been directly Islamized..." 'Quarantine her!' Top Tunisian Islamist says topless girl needs stoning (alarabiya, March 23, 2013) http://bit.ly/15BCYPQ Tunisia's young 'General' sees future in sharia (DW, Feb 13, 2013) http://bit.ly/Z9IyLy "Feted by the western media for penning the unofficial anthem of the Arab Spring, rap star El General believes the changes must go further. He is one of a number of young Tunisian "revolutionaries" calling for sharia law ... "I am against the current government because it betrayed its promises, it betrayed people's expectations," he says. "Ennahda, the party in power, is more political than religious and this is what is disappointing." Under President Ben Ali, Islam - both as a religion and as part of political life - was repressed. Now the country is experiencing a religious renaissance that is deeply divisive ... "Sharia is a whole world," he says. "In sharia there is law and science. There are scientists from all over the world who have found answers in the Koran. It is a comfort and a luxury. Under sharia all Tunisians will be brothers and sisters. Sharia is the one solution."" Tunisia: Local Professor Accuses Imams of Promoting Jihad (allafrica, Jan 21, 2013) http://bit.ly/VQ1J9r "A top Tunisian academic is accusing religious leaders of supporting extremism, Tunisie Numerique reported on Monday (January 21st). Alaya Alani, a professor of contemporary history at Manouba University, told Radio Tataouine that imams in mosques were encouraging Tunisian youths to participate in jihad in Mali and Syria. He urged the government to put an end to this "indoctrination"." Algeria siege: 37 foreigners died, PM says (BBC, Jan 21, 2013): http://bbc.in/YiAPu5 "Algeria's Prime Minister has said 37 foreigners of eight nationalities and one Algerian worker were killed during the hostage crisis at a gas plant. PM Abdelmalek Sellal said 29 of the militants who overran the facility near the desert town of In Amenas had been killed and three captured alive. The militants included 11 Tunisians, two Canadians, and others, he said ... The foreigners killed or still missing also include workers from France, Norway, Malaysia, the Philippines and Romania ... The prime minister said the kidnappers had crossed into the country from northern Mali, and that they were from Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Mali, Niger, Canada and Mauritania. The militants said they had taken hostages in retaliation for French intervention against Islamists in Mali earlier this month. However Mr Sellal said the attack on the gas plant had been planned for more than two months..." Gulf warned over threat from Islamists (gulf-daily-news, Dec 10, 2012) http://bit.ly/10r3k82 "GULF countries have been urged to beware of the rise of Islamist political parties in the Mideast. Chairman of the Jeddah-based Gulf Research Centre, Dr Abdulaziz Sager, warned it signalled a spread of extremism. He added terrorist groups were now using Yemen as a base from which to conduct operations and called on the GCC to intervene ... Islamists have already claimed a foothold in Egypt, Morocco, Libya and Tunisia, where the Muslim Brotherhood has swept to power on the back of the so-called Arab Spring."
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