12.04.2012                      20.Nissan. 5772                     Chol Hamo'ed 4; Tag 5 des Omer

Tunesien:

Salafists, liberals squeeze Tunisia’s rulers

Ennahda’s moderate Islam wins few friends, lots of distrust, comparisons with Ben-Ali.

Tunisia’s Ennahda Party’s strategy of bringing a moderate sort of Islam to the country is earning it enemies on both sides of the political spectrum, with conservative Salafists pressing hard for more religious strictures and liberals fearful of a return to repression.
The tensions are felt everywhere, from the halls of parliament, to university campuses and courtrooms, but Habib Bourguiba Avenue – the main thoroughfare in the capital of Tunis – has become the principal battlefield for the two sides….