Concerns of upcoming elections Tunisia

Tunisia’s Salafists

A growing concern

 

May 22nd 2013, 19:05 by E.B. | TUNIS

WITH elections due later this year or in early 2014, Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party, Nahda, is determined to prove to an increasingly dubious electorate that it is on top of the security situation and united in distancing itself from more radical Islamists. In that endeavour, it has sought to present a firmer line against the ultra-conservative Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia.

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Ansar al-Sharia clashes in Tunisia at congress ban

Tunisian police clash with Islamists over banned rally

By Tarek Amara

TUNIS | Sun May 19, 2013 10:55am EDT

[Excerpt]  In Kairouan, where tens of thousands of members of Ansar al-Sharia had been expected to attend the planned rally on Sunday, the group’s supporters threw stones at police, who fired teargas in response.

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