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Tag: Islamists
Personal freedoms pit rights activists against Islamists
A debate has been triggered in the Moroccan civil society over the need to amend laws incriminating consensual sex between adults after a journalist has ... Read More
Sudan: Al Sisi concerned about Islamists’ ties with TMC
Egyptian President Fattah al-Sisi has asked the Sudanese Transitional Military Council (TMC) to distance itself from Islamists who formed the bacon of support for former ... Read More
Tunisia: Trump’s adviser warns against Islamists’ attempt to topple regime
President Trump’s foreign policy adviser Walid Phares has warned against attempts by Tunisian Islamists and their Tripoli-based counterparts to bring down President Caid Essebsi’s democratically ... Read More
Morocco & Tunisia, ‘success stories’ of the Arab Spring- Former EU Commissioner says
Morocco and Tunisia managed to outlive the Arab Spring from which they emerged as success stories in the region thanks to the vitality of their ... Read More
Libya: Tunisia’s Ennahda leader called to mediate between Gaddafi loyalists and Islamists
Rached Ghannouchi and his party have been urged to reconcile Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists and Islamists, London-based The New Arab reports. Ghannouchi according to Qatari media ... Read More
Egypt: IS claims checkpoint attack
The Islamic state group (IS) Friday claimed credit for the check point attack that killed 12 soldiers in the restive province of North Sinai. "A ... Read More
Al-Sisi, against all odds, expresses support for Bachar
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said he supports the Syrian military, a position at odds with his country's Gulf donators like Saudi Arabia. The ... Read More
Libya: Fayez Sarraj Vows to Restore Order after Coup Attempt
Fayez Al-Sarraj, Prime Minister of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has vowed to restore order in his country after the coup attempt staged ... Read More
King Mohammed VI Entrusts PJD Leader with Forming New Govt
King Mohammed VI of Morocco received on Monday Abdelilah Benkirane, Head of the moderate Islamist Party of Justice & Development (PJD), and appointed him Head ... Read More
Morocco: Washington, Paris & Madrid Hail Parliament Polls as Democratic
The United States, France and Spain, Morocco's closest friends and strong allies, have congratulated the North African Kingdom for the free and fair democratic elections ... Read More