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Tunisia's Nahda MovementWeak and Ambivalent on Essential Issues
The Islamist Nahda movement has recently celebrated 26 years since its inception amid a difficult atmosphere related to its inability to transcend the restrictive corner it found itself in since the beginning of the nineties. By Salah ad-Din al-Jourchi
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Terrorist Attacks in Algeria
El Dorado for Western Security Companies
The terrorist organisation al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has conducted a number of attacks in recent weeks, consciously targeting foreigners in the process. In view of the increase in western economic activity in Algeria, security companies already sense that they are on to something good. Bernard Schmid reports
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The Assembly of Experts in Iran
Power Struggle at the Top
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been elected the new president of the Assembly of Experts. Can the 73-year-old politician take over the reins again, curb the radicals, and push through a moderate course? Bahman Nirumand reports with the facts
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Obituary: Haidar Abdel Shafi
"The Grand Old Man of Gaza"
His life was inextricably linked with the history of Palestine over the past century, from the end of the Ottoman occupation of Palestine to the collapse of the Middle East peace talks. Haidar Abdel Shafi died on 25 September. An obituary by Alexandra Senfft
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Hamas versus Fatah
Palestine Drifting Further Apart
The rivalry between secular Fatah and fundamentalist Hamas, which came to a head in the violent Islamist coup in the Gaza Strip in early June, has been escalating again in recent weeks. Joseph Croitoru reports
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The Lebanon War One Year Later
An Armed Peace Never Lasts
If the EU mission is to compete successfully against Lebanon's Islamists and populists, it must start thinking seriously about a social agenda that appeals to the poor, says Mai Yamani in her commentary
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Iraqi Refugees in Sweden
Fleeing Violence and Repression
Up till now Sweden has been the only EU country with a reasonably accommodating approach to admitting Iraqi refugees. The Swedish town of Södertälj has become a particular stronghold for refugees, and is now known throughout the local population simply as "Little Baghdad". Petra Tabeling went there
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Tendencies towards Islamisation in Turkey
Power Struggle between Laicism and Islam
The political climate of the last few years in Turkey has made it possible for conservative religious elites to expand into more public domains and extend their social and political influence. Ömer Erzeren examines this development
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Interview with Migration Minister Tobias Billström
"We Need a Common European Migration Policy"
Sweden's Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy, Tobias Billström, is in favour of a common EU asylum policy and calls on the Member States of the European Union to support Sweden in the matter of Iraqi refugees. Petra Tabeling spoke to Minister Billström
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Interview with Richard Schröder
"Religions Are Systems for Orientation"
Secularisation is not the solution to the problem of religious violence, says Richard Schröder, member of the National Council on Ethics in Germany. In this interview with Volker Maria Neumann, he talks about the differences of Christian and Islamic concepts of self-criticism
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The 9/11 Syndrome
The Return of Religious Identities
The terrorist attacks of September 2001 have left their mark on western societies: representatives of the Christian faith have become more confident and are laying claims to the values of the Enlightenment as their own. Robert Misik comments
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Results of the Parliamentary Elections in Morocco
Paralyzing Lethargy
Low turnout for the elections in Morocco sheds light on the increasing alienation of the populace from the political elite – an alarming development that only benefits the outlawed Islamic movement "Justice and Welfare." By Sonja Hegasy
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