I tried to tell you. "Islamist fears permeate Tunisian politics," by Mona Yahia for Magharebia, May 6:
Former Tunisian Interior Minister Farhat Rajhi sparked controversy on Wednesday (May 4th) when he suggested that the nation's political elite would support a coup d'état if the Islamist Ennahda Movement won the upcoming elections.The comments were made in a video interview, later uploaded to Facebook. The video quickly became viral and rocketed through the Tunisian blogosphere. The former minister's comments echoed a concern among some Tunisians about the growing influence of Ennahda.
The fears were only heightened after a string of recent incidents that included assaults on liberal intellectuals and artists. However, Ennahda denied that it was responsible for any of the violence, saying that it supported freedom of expression....
In one notable incident, Nouri Bouzid, a Tunisian director known for his progressive views, was assaulted near the law school university campus while talking to students about secularism. He said that the person who hit him was an Islamist radical. At that time, he accused members of Ennahda for being responsible. But the movement denied any involvement, saying some were waging a defamation campaign against the party.
Meanwhile, the Tunisian National Chamber of Filmmakers condemned a death threat made by rapper Psyco M at an Ennahda gathering at the Conference Palace in Tunis.
"The sanctity of Tunisian artists is the same as that of Tunisian citizens," a chamber statement read. "There won't be any silence on such violations regardless of their source." The group also called on civil society organisations and political parties to denounce such behaviours.
Cafe owner Abdguni ben Tara told Magharebia that "a number of young fanatics threatened me and demanded that I shut my place down because it, according to them, encourages immorality and kufr. This happened despite my allowing them to present their own religious lessons in the café. They are now demanding me to leave the place."
Mosques have also been the scene of recent political controversy. In a controversial move, some imams were forced out of their positions. In a statement to Echorouk, Ennahda said that they removed imams loyal to the ousted Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) and kept the "clean" imams.
Ennahda "removed an imam in the city of Sfax known for his integrity, honesty and respect of all parties and also known for his affiliation to the Democratic Progressive Party," according to Maya Jribi, Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party.
She added that "this imam was removed from the mihrab by famous figures of Ennahda. These are dangerous practices that threaten democracy."...
Indeed.
"The sanctity of Tunisian artists is the same as that of Tunisian citizens," a chamber statement read."
After Tunisia's devolution to an Islamic "Republic" the statement can be changed to:
"The purity of Tunisian artists is the same as that of Tunisian subjects."
The ancient Greeks, and once upon a time in the West, there were citizens. Islam only has subjects who are kept in checked subjugation by the priestly class of Ayatollahs, Imams, and Mullahs. See the circle of values in http://imageshack.us/f/30/backcover11.jpg/
According to the ancient Greeks, "The person who cannot speak his own mind is a slave."
Does that mean Europeans are becoming like slaves? Ask Wilders, Sabbaditsch-Wolf, and Lars Hedegaard.
Freedom of expression is our fire alarm---disable it and the House that is Western Civilization will burn down.
Ooops a daisy:
Change "The ancient Greeks..." to "In ancient Greece and once upon a time in the West, there were citizens."
Tunisia is the only Arab state to have adopted Laïcité, instead of some quasi-secular baathism. Women there enjoy exceptionally rights, and there was little antisemitism in modern Tunisia until recently.
There have been recent protests in favor of secularism in Tunisia, with slogans like "Musulmans, Chretiens, Juifs, nous sommes tous tunisiens". It reminds me a lot of the 2007 Republic protests in Turkey. Perhaps there is hope for secularism after all. A coup to uphold secularism would not appear out of place in either country, though useful idiots in the west would no doubt bawl about it.
"..Ennahda denied that it was responsible for any of the violence, saying that it supported freedom of expression.."
Of course it did, Muhammad also did support freedom of expression unless of course some woman starts writing poems against him !!!
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/04/um-kerfa-oum-kerfa.html