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Thousands Of Tunisians Rally Against Violence By Ultraconservative Islamists

AP | By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 03.29.2012

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TUNIS, Tunisia -- More than 8,000 Tunisians marched Saturday through the capital denouncing violence committed by ultraconservative Islamist groups in...

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Students Face Off Over Islamic Veil On Campus

AP | By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 03.05.2012

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TUNIS, Tunisia -- Around 200 students and professors demonstrated in Tunisia's capital on Wednesday calling for an end to the standoff by ultraconserv...

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The Many Shades Of Islamist

Kamran Bokhari | Posted 01.21.2012

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Kamran Bokhari

Islamist movements seeking power via democracy will behave differently based on the country's historic experiences with Islamism and secularism. Democratization in each country leads to a different hue of Islamism.

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Islamist Protests in Tunisia

Mischa Benoit-Lavelle | Posted 12.13.2011

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Mischa Benoit-Lavelle

While Tunisia has avoided the instability that has threatened to push Egypt back into full-scale contestation, it is clear that tensions are rising and that those tensions are centering on the subject of Islam.

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