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The awakening of Muslim North Africa

By Ingrid Burke

Farzana Hassan [Author, Women's rights activist]: "Much of the Arab world is in turmoil. The Shia majority in the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain has suffered years of oppression by the ruling Sunni minority and is now demanding freedom. The citizens of newly liberated Egypt and Tunisia suffered economic hardship and repression before revolting against the Mubarak and Ben Ali regimes. Protests are also taking place in Morocco, Yemen and Algeria, though they have not yet reached fever pitch. Libya is still burning. Muammar Ghadaffi has proved to be even more fiendish than Mubarak in crushing the revolt against his forty year dictatorial rule. The world is rightly concerned about

Full post as published by JURIST - Hotline on March 02, 2011 (boomark / email).