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Opinion: We Are Leaving Political Islam

by Tariq Alhomayed | May 2, 2016 | Opinion

In an interview with the French Le Monde newspaper, the leader of Tunisia’s Muslim Brotherhood Ennahda party Rachid Ghannouchi announced that the path of the party has been transformed and said that “We are leaving political Islam and entering democratic...

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Tunisian Ennahda party founder and leader Rachid Ghannouchi speaks during a press conference in Tunis on October 30, 2014. (AFP/Fethi Belaid)

Tunisia: Ghannouchi calls for national unity government

by Kamal Ben Younes | Oct 31, 2014 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tunisia’s Ennahda party leader Rachid Ghannouchi called for the formation of a national unity government in the North African republic, warning that no political party in the country should seek to monopolize power at the present time. His...

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Tunisian youth look at election posters put up on a street in Tunis on October 4, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID)

Campaigning begins for Tunisia’s parliamentary elections

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 5, 2014 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Campaigning began on Saturday for Tunisia’s second set of parliamentary elections following the ouster of longtime dictator Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. The election, scheduled for October 26, will see an electorate of 5.3 million—including...

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Military personnel are seen on a tank after the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) recaptured the Daldako area, outside the military headquarters in Kadogli May 20, 2014. The SAF had recaptured the Daldako area, east of the South Kordofan state capital of Kadogli, from rebels, according to media reports quoting […]

Debate: Political Islam has survived in Sudan because it controls the military

by Farag Abdel Fattah | Jun 14, 2014 | Debate

The rule of political Islam has endured in Sudan because it is associated with the military, but military rule will not survive for long. Political Islam has been unsuccessful in all cases, including when it was implemented through military rule. Even if this...

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Tunisian politician Beji Caid El-Sebsi (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Beiji Caid El-Sebsi: I am a student of Bourguiba

by Hatim Betioui | Jun 9, 2014 | Interviews

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Beginning his political career as a lawyer and pro-independence activist, Beiji Caid El-Sebsi became an advisor to Tunisia’s first president, Habib Bourguiba, after the country won its independence from France in 1956. He would go on to hold a...