Rachid Ghannouchi is recognized as the leader of Tunisia’s Muslim Brotherhood movement. He also heads Ennahda, an Islamic political party. In August, Ghannouchi will be speaking at the upcoming annual ISNA convention. Remember, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) is a confirmed Muslim Brotherhood group, despite what Suhail Khan said at CPAC in 2011: […]
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Why the Arab Spring will Descend into an Islamic Age
Steven Simpson Guest Columnist The much vaunted and praised “Arab Spring,” which took the world by surprise in December 2010, is slowly but surely turning into an Arab winter, which will inexorably become an Arab Islamic Ice Age in the near future. Already, the icicles of pan-Islamism are beginning to form throughout the Maghreb (North […]
Tunisians learning what ‘be careful what you wish for’ means
Under the rule of Zine Al Abidine Bin Ali, Tunisians who posted Facebook images of Islam’s prophet would face no legal consequences. Since the ‘Arab Spring’ and Bin Ali’s forced exodus, that’s all changed. Via gulfnews: Two men have been convicted and sentenced to prison in Tunisia for posting on Facebook images of the Prophet […]
Obama Administration too cozy with Islamists? Tunisians seem to think so
It’s a formula leftists simply don’t seem capable of comprehending. It happens every time. After aligning with Islamists to overtake a government or power structure they view as repressive, these leftists are always shocked when the Islamists cast them aside once they’re no longer useful. Just take a look at Iran; leftists aligned with Islamic […]
Stockholm Syndrome, Masochism, or Muslim Sisterhood in Tunisia?
Try as I might, I can only come up with three possible for scenarios for why the women in Tunisia are clamoring to be put into the subservient chains of Sharia law. First, this completely illogical development, via the AFP: Hundreds of Muslim women gathered near Tunis Saturday to call for the return of the […]
Hillary Clinton in Tunisia; a bit nervous about Arab Spring?
When it comes to the Obama administration, no one has supported the Arab Spring more than Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. As mentioned in our previous post, Huma Abedin is a woman whose familial ties to the Muslim Brotherhood are beyond extensive; they should have precluded her from acquiring even a modicum of access to […]