Unfinished Revolutions: Yemen, Libya, and Tunisia after the Arab Spring
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Protection of Revolution Committees Protection of Revolution Committees
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Salafi-Liberal Polarization Salafi-Liberal Polarization
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Abstract
The Arab Spring began in Tunisia in December 2010 with anti-regime protests. Tunisians managed to topple Ben Ali in a matter of weeks and Tunisia’s political transition has gone relatively well. Nevertheless, as this chapter describes, the country still faces significant challenges, including controversy over Protection of Revolution Committees (PRCs) and Salafi-liberal polarization. PRCs formed to fill the security vacuum that Ben Ali’s departure created, but persisted as NGOs even after Tunisia’s political situation stabilized. Some Tunisians viewed them as an armed wing of the ruling Islamist political party, Ennahda, which refused to dissolve them. Tunisia also faces a vast—and growing—divide between secular liberals and ultraconservative Salafi Islamists. It is unlikely that they will coalesce around one vision for the state, and a violent confrontation is possible. This chapter argues that to replace polarization with sustainable co-existence on one hand, and to effectively respond to violence on the other, Tunisians need to embrace a strategy built on three pillars: rule of law, socioeconomic development, and enlightenment.
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