HUFFPOST WORLD Parvez Ahmed Guess where in the world candidates for political office are pandering to religious conservatives, using religious imagery in political advertisement and participating…
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by Samer al-Atrush – CAIRO (AFP) Violence raged in the administrative heart of Egypt’s capital on Saturday as troops and police deployed in force after…
WRITTEN BY JAMES PETRAS The dynamic of democratic, nationalist and class struggles throughout the Moslem world has set in motion a new constellation of alliances between…
The NATION – Opinion Imtiyaz Yusuf Special to The Nation The recent elections in Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt, resulting in victory for Muslim democrats, has led to…
Mauritanian journalists explain why Islamists in their country have lagged behind their Maghreb counterparts in terms of political gains. By Jemal Oumar for Magharebia in Nouakchott…
Islamist parties have swept into power in two North African countries—Tunisia and Morocco, as the winds of this Arab Spring continue to precipitate historic changes throughout the Maghreb. Thursday, Morocco’s…
LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – A UK-based satellite television channel with a link to Algeria’s banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) said it would start broadcasting to…
Tunisia honors birthplace of Arab Spring CBS News Tunisians celebrate on December 17, 2011 in Sidi Bouzid’s Mohamed Bouazizi Square, named after the fruit seller whose…