Minarets in Paris: a tolerance too far?
Soumaya GhannoushiA cluster of far-right groups allied under the name Stop the Islamisation of Europe holds rallies in London, Copenhagen and Marseilles to demand an end to what they call "the overt and covert expansion of Islam in Europe". Although the events attract only a handful of protesters, their message resonates widely.
Army does about turn in Egypt
Soumaya GhannoushiThe military forces once celebrated by citizens as their rescuers threaten to become the oppressors.
Cairo haunts Riyadh again
Soumaya GhannoushiIt's not Iran or Iran's agents in Baghdad who have dealt the heaviest strategic blow to Saudi Arabia's influence in the Middle East -- but Cairo.
And now to dismantle the monster
Soumaya GhannoushiTunisians have toppled a dictator. Now they have to forge a coalition of socialists, Islamists and liberals for real change.
