As I said here last week, while most of the mainstream media and Western governments were hailing the victory of democracy in Tunisia. “Fall of secular regime paves the way for Islamic parties,” from Reuters, January 23 (thanks to C. Cantoni): REUTERS – For years they were jailed or exiled. They were excluded from elections, […]
Tunisia to lift ban on pro-Sharia political groups; Islamic supremacist leader says he’s no Khomeini
“Asked about hardliners who dismiss Western-style democracy and call for the creation of a traditional Islamic state, he said: ‘Our position is very far from this idea, … which we think has no place within the moderate Islamist tendency. It is extremist and … not based on a correct interpretation of Islam.’” Ghannouchi’s statement is […]
Jordan: Muslim Brotherhood tries to spin popular protests into advantage for pro-Sharia forces
This is similar to what is going on in Tunisia. “In Jordan, Islamists try to spin popular protests into political uprising,” by Taylor Luck in the Christian Science Monitor, January 21: Young people in the street waving baguettes and decrying unemployment rates, rising prices, and the government – protests in the Jordanian capital today unmistakably […]
Qaradawi hails Tunisian revolution, says Islamic nations must support it
As I said yesterday, I’ve been harshly criticized for writing here that Islamic supremacists are trying to take advantage of the “Jasmine Revolution” and impose Sharia in Tunisia; now you can add the internationally influential Islamic leader Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi to the ranks of the greasy Islamophobes: “Some see Qaradawi’s address as an attempt to […]
Tunisia’s once-suppressed Islamic supremacists re-emerging
I’ve been harshly criticized for writing here that Islamic supremacists are trying to take advantage of the “Jasmine Revolution” and impose Sharia in Tunisia; now you can add Time Magazine to the ranks of the greasy Islamophobes. “How Tunisia’s Once-Suppressed Islamists Are Re-Emerging,” by Rania Abouzeid in Time, January 21 (thanks to Maxwell): […] As […]
Tunisian Islamic leader: “Muslims are fed up with these dictatorial regimes and we will not stop until Islam and only Islam is back in power”
It’s a jihad in Tunisia, as I explained here. The Liberation Party is the leading pro-Sharia party in Tunisia. “‘Islam, best option for a new Tunisia,’” from PressTV, January 20: Islam is the best path for the Tunisian revolution and the rest of the Arab and Muslim world, not the methods prescribed by the West, […]
Iran’s Thug-In-Chief Ahmadinejad: “Tunisians are after establishing Islamic law and rules”
As I explained here. “Tunisia on the way to Islamic rule,” from Sapa-AFP, January 19: Tunisians are on the path to establishing Islamic rule in their country after having toppled a Western-backed dictator, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday. “It is very clear that the nation of Tunisia rose up against a Western-backed dictator […]
Spencer: A jihad in Tunisia
Popular will may be the way to new woes. This morning in Human Events: When Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was toppled from power and fled to Saudi Arabia on Friday, The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin hailed this “Jasmine Revolution” as a “remarkable event: a popular, secular revolt in a Muslim country” that […]
Al-Qaeda urges jihad against Tunisian government
The popular uprising there is pro-Sharia and Islamic rule. “Tunisia: Al Qaeda Maghreb Chief Wants Tunisians To Rebel,” from ANSAmed, January 14 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – ROME, JANUARY 14 – After inciting the Algerian people to rebel and bring down the country’s regime in the last few days, one of the leaders of Al […]
Hamas and Islamic Jihad applaud uprising in Tunisia
Because they know that pro-Sharia Islamic supremacists enjoy broad popular support in the Islamic world — contrary to the Western assumption that they constitute a Tiny Minority of Extremists. “Hamas, Islamic Jihad applaud popular uprising in Tunisia,” from Ma’an, January 15: GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Saturday expressed their respect for […]