http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/islams-defining-moment-with-democracy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/islams-defining-moment-with-democracy/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:13:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130078 Christian Science Monitor: Islamist parties now dominate the constitution-writing process in post-revolution Egypt and Tunisia. If they can make Islam compatible with democracy, they will give hope to others in the Middle East still struggling in the unfinished Arab Spring. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/islams-defining-moment-with-democracy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/islam-wont-be-basis-of-new-tunisian-constitution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/islam-wont-be-basis-of-new-tunisian-constitution/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:56:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129515 AP report. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/islam-wont-be-basis-of-new-tunisian-constitution/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/tunisian-protesters-reject-calls-for-islamic-state/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/tunisian-protesters-reject-calls-for-islamic-state/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:12:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129163 EuroNews.com: Tunisian protesters reject calls for Islamic state">EuroNews.com: Thousands of secular Tunisians marched in the capital on Tuesday, the country’s independence day, to show their rejection of growing calls by conservative Salafi Islamists to transform post-revolutionary Tunisia into an Islamic state. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/tunisian-protesters-reject-calls-for-islamic-state/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/pressure-to-include-shariah-law-in-new-constitution-grows-in-tunisia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/pressure-to-include-shariah-law-in-new-constitution-grows-in-tunisia/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:19:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129023 Religion Clause Blog: In the wake of Tunisia's Arab Spring revolution last year, the country's Parliament is in the midst of drafting a new constitution. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/pressure-to-include-shariah-law-in-new-constitution-grows-in-tunisia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/tunisian-islamists-spark-fear-of-culture-war/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/tunisian-islamists-spark-fear-of-culture-war/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:56:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128155 AP: Every Friday, bearded men in shin-length robes demonstrate in Tunisia's capital against perceived insults to Islam in a country once known for its aggressive secularism. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/tunisian-islamists-spark-fear-of-culture-war/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/tunisia-egypt-islamists-signal-bigger-religion-role/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/tunisia-egypt-islamists-signal-bigger-religion-role/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:10:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126774 Ahram Online: After sweeping the first free elections in both countries, Islamists in Tunisia and Egypt reveal tendencies of more religion that previously admitted despite emphasis on working with the secularists ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/tunisia-egypt-islamists-signal-bigger-religion-role/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/islamists-and-secularists-in-tunisia-stand-off/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/islamists-and-secularists-in-tunisia-stand-off/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:17:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119978 Reuters: Thousands of Tunisian Islamists and secularists staged parallel protests outside the interim parliament on Saturday in a dispute over how big a role Islam should play in society after the country's "Arab Spring" revolution. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/islamists-and-secularists-in-tunisia-stand-off/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/17/tunisian-politicians-gaffe-raises-fears-of-islam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/17/tunisian-politicians-gaffe-raises-fears-of-islam/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:43:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118851 News from The Associated Press: A frontrunner to be Tunisia's next prime minister has caused a political storm by referring to the country's future as a "Caliphate," a historic form of Islamic government. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/17/tunisian-politicians-gaffe-raises-fears-of-islam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/new-tunisian-constitution-will-not-call-for-shariah-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/new-tunisian-constitution-will-not-call-for-shariah-law/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:08:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118041 Religion Clause: In Tunisia, Rachid Ghannouchi, head of the moderate Islamic Ennahda party that won 40% of the seats in Parliament in last month's elections, says that the country's new constitution will not make reference to Shariah or Islamic law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/new-tunisian-constitution-will-not-call-for-shariah-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/02/radical-islamists-seize-control-of-tunisia-mosques/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/02/radical-islamists-seize-control-of-tunisia-mosques/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:27:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117614 Reuters: Radical Islamists have seized control of 150 to 200 mosques and prayer halls around Tunisia this year, a senior religious official said Wednesday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/02/radical-islamists-seize-control-of-tunisia-mosques/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/28/tunisias-secular-women-fret-over-rise-of-islamism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/28/tunisias-secular-women-fret-over-rise-of-islamism/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:40:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117228 Reuters: When hundreds of Tunisians drove through the capital sounding their horns and waving scarves this week to celebrate the election victory of an Islamist party, there was little jubilation in the Ennasr neighbourhood. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/28/tunisias-secular-women-fret-over-rise-of-islamism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/26/concerns-for-christians-in-tunisia-as-islamists-take-most-votes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/26/concerns-for-christians-in-tunisia-as-islamists-take-most-votes/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:10:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116939 Christian Today: There are concerns that the freedom of Christians will be compromised in the new Tunisia after the runaway success of Islamists in the country’s first free elections. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/26/concerns-for-christians-in-tunisia-as-islamists-take-most-votes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/19/post-revolt-tunisia-wrestles-with-resurgent-islam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/19/post-revolt-tunisia-wrestles-with-resurgent-islam/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:45:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116361 Reuters: For Walid, Tunisia’s revolution is an opportunity to turn one of the Arab world’s most secular countries towards Islam. “We paid a heavy price for the revolution so we are not ready to let secularists and supporters of the Zionists control our destiny,” said the young man, with a beard and a long white robe, after prayers in the Omrane district of the capital. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/19/post-revolt-tunisia-wrestles-with-resurgent-islam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/10/tunisia-police-use-teargas-on-islamist-protesters/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/10/tunisia-police-use-teargas-on-islamist-protesters/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:39:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115832 Reuters: Police in Tunis used teargas on Sunday to disperse hundreds of Islamists attacking them with stones, knives and batons, the biggest clashes over religion in the Tunisian capital for several years. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/10/tunisia-police-use-teargas-on-islamist-protesters/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/06/group-armed-with-swords-tries-to-force-tunisian-university-to-enroll-veiled-students/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/06/group-armed-with-swords-tries-to-force-tunisian-university-to-enroll-veiled-students/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:13:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115649 The Washington Post: A Tunisian university dean says a group of people armed with swords and knives entered his school and threatened staff after they refused to enroll students wearing Islamic face veils. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/06/group-armed-with-swords-tries-to-force-tunisian-university-to-enroll-veiled-students/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/islam-can-exist-with-democracy-says-turkish-pm/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/islam-can-exist-with-democracy-says-turkish-pm/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:31:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114322 Reuters: Tunisia's new political order will show that Islam and democracy can co-exist just as they have in Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/islam-can-exist-with-democracy-says-turkish-pm/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/08/france-says-will-not-accept-wave-of-tunisian-migration/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/08/france-says-will-not-accept-wave-of-tunisian-migration/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:31:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100574 Expatica.com: France warned that it would not tolerate a "wave of Tunisian immigration" after Italy on Thursday granted humanitarian permits to thousands of Tunisians allowing them to travel around Europe. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/08/france-says-will-not-accept-wave-of-tunisian-migration/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/21/next-question-for-tunisia-the-role-of-islam-in-politics/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/21/next-question-for-tunisia-the-role-of-islam-in-politics/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:36:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95996 NY Times: "The Tunisian revolution that overthrew decades of authoritarian rule has entered a delicate new phase in recent days over the role of Islam in politics." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/21/next-question-for-tunisia-the-role-of-islam-in-politics/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/28/islamists-march-police-teargas-tunis-protesters/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/28/islamists-march-police-teargas-tunis-protesters/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:00:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94067 Reuters: "Islamists marched through central Tunis on Friday, demanding religious freedom, while police fired teargas at anti-government protesters who have camped out around the prime minister's " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/28/islamists-march-police-teargas-tunis-protesters/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/24/islamist-movement-at-forefront-of-tunisias-protests/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/24/islamist-movement-at-forefront-of-tunisias-protests/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:56:10 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=93216 The Daily Telegraph: "Tunisia's underground Islamic movement has emerged at the forefront of nationwide protests against its leadership and appears set to emerge as the strongest political force in elections." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/24/islamist-movement-at-forefront-of-tunisias-protests/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/17/tunisian-pregnant-with-12/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/17/tunisian-pregnant-with-12/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:39:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=33212 The Sun: "The teacher is expecting six boys and six girls, according to reports. She conceived the tots following fertility treatment, after suffering a number of miscarriages." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/17/tunisian-pregnant-with-12/feed/ 0