Standoff of banned congress in two towns Tunisia

Analysis: Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia’s stability

By Tarek Amara

TUNIS | Thu May 23, 2013 1:15am EDT

(Reuters) – For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashes in two Tunisian cities.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/us-tunisia-salafists-analysis-idUSBRE94M05R20130523?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/19/us-tunisia-islamists-idUSBRE94I04K20130519?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

Annual Ansar al-Sharia banned clash with Tunisian Police

Salafists clash with police in Tunisia after rally is banned

19/05 16:24 CET

Police have clashed with hardline Islamists in Tunisia after the government banned their annual rally.

http://www.euronews.com/2013/05/19/salafists-clash-with-police-in-tunisia-after-rally-is-banned/

Salafists clash with Tunisian police at rally in Kairouan

Tunisian police clash with al Qaeda supporters over banned rally

By Reuters’ Zoubier Souissi, Tarek Amara and Mohamed Argoubi

KAIROUAN, Tunisia – Supporters of the hard-line Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia clashed with Tunisian police on Sunday after the government banned its annual rally, saying it posed a threat to society.

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