Posts Tagged "Migration"

October 2018

Posted on November 1, 2018

Ulf Laessing : Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s southReuters, october,29, 2018:
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Tunisian Zubair Abdel-Moula lost his work selling smuggled fuel on the streets of a poor southern town after the government tightened controls with Libya to stop militants crossing the 460km (286 miles) border.

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September 2018

Posted on October 2, 2018

Massinissa Benlakehal: Tunisia’s Kerkennah Islands: A land for smugglingThe New Arab, September, 27, 2018:
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As Libya’s shores sees tightened controls, Tunisia’s Kerkennah Islands has become the new route for migrants trying to make the crossing to Europe in the past year.

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March 2018

Posted on April 2, 2018

Annette Steinich: Dieses Buch birgt Sprengstoff: Historisch-kritische Ausgabe rückt den Koran in ein neues LichtNeue Zürcher Zeitung, March, 19, 2018:
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Progressive islamische Denker fordern seit langem, den Koran im Kontext seiner Entstehungszeit zu lesen und zu verstehen. Erstmals legt nun der tunesische Islamwissenschafter Abdelmajid Charfi eine historisch-kritische Koranausgabe vor.

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February 2018

Posted on March 1, 2018

Aleksei Merkulov: Tunisia seeks strategic partnership with Russia — minister, Tass, February, 27, 2018:
Relations between Tunisia and Russia are very friendly, and there are good prospects for developing and strengthening them, Tunisian Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts Salma Elloumi Rekik told TASS on Tuesday in the run-up to her working visit to Moscow.

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October 2017

Posted on October 15, 2017

Carlotta Gall: 2 Frenchwomen Accuse Prominent Islamic Scholar of Sexual Assault,  The New York Times, October 29, 2017:
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“Amid a recent outpouring by Frenchwomen reporting episodes of sexual harassment and naming their aggressors, two women have accused a renowned Islamic scholar of violent sexual attacks.
The French activist and author Henda Ayari filed a police complaint 10 days ago accusing the Swiss-born Islamic scholar, Tariq Ramadan, of sexually assaulting her in 2012.”

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