Tunisia has often been regarded as one of the more advanced Arab states, with a French-speaking elite whose members have often been educated in France. But the current Tunisian president, Kais Saied, has now suggested that the storm and floods in Derna, Libya were caused by the Zionists, and his evidence is the storm’s “Jewish […]
Tunisian president warns of country being ‘overrun by blacks’
Though officially slavery is outlawed everywhere, in Africa hundreds of thousands of blacks are still enslaved by Arab masters. In Mali, there are up to 800,000, in Niger there are 45,000, and in Mauritania, which in 1981 became the last country to abolish slavery, there are over 100,000. No one raises the matter at the […]
The Antisemitism of Tunisian President Kais Saied
Deborah Lipstadt is a former academic historian, the author of many books on Jewish themes, who was sued by Holocaust-denier David Irving for her accurate description of him. She is currently the American government’s Special Envoy on Antisemitism. She recently delivered a well-justified attack on Tunisian President Kais Saied, for his palpable want of sympathy […]
Tunisian Jews Disquieted by Government’s Response to Synagogue Killings
On May 9, a Tunisian National Guardsman serving on the Island of Djerba shot dead two Jewish cousins, Aviel Haddad, a dual Israeli-Tunisian citizen, and Benjamin Haddad, a citizen of France, just outside the historic synagogue of El Ghriba. He also killed two Tunisian security guards before being shot dead himself. A preliminary Jihad Watch […]
In North Africa, Unhinged Arab Racism Against Black Africans
Before Sudan split into two countries, Sudan and South Sudan, the Muslim Arabs in the north for decades would routinely raid the villages of black Africans, both Christians and Muslims, in the south. The worst atrocities were conducted by the Arab militias known as the Janjaweed, who carried on a campaign against black Africans in […]
Tunisian President Vows to Crack Down on ‘Hordes’ of African Migrants
Black Africans have been moving from sub-Saharan Africa to Libya and to Tunisia, in the hopes of eventually making it to Europe. In those North African states, they are subject to racist abuse from the Arabs. In Libya, there are reports that some sub-Saharan Africans have been sold as slaves when they cannot pay their […]
Tunisia: President says new constitution will remove reference to Islam as state religion
Kais Saied explained: “Rather we will talk about a nation whose religion is Islam, and the nation is different from the state.” That distinction will be difficult to define and maintain. Saied seems to be saying that Tunisia will not be a Sharia state, and will not implement Islamic law in its fullness. But it […]
In Tunisia, Street Riots and a Necessary Quasi-Coup
The much ballyhooed “Arab Spring” began with the self-immolation of a Tunisian street seller, Mohamed Bouazizi, in protest at police corruption and his own ill treatment. His death set off riots across Tunisia, becoming a general uprising against the massive corruption of President Ben Ali and his cronies; Ben Ali was forced to flee […]