Islamisten in Nord-Afrika: El-Kaida-Chef will die Scharia in Libyen

BERLINER ZEITUNG: Nach dem Sturz des libyschen Diktators Gaddafi fordern Islamisten, das Scharia-Recht in Libyen einzuführen. Zugleich rief der neue El-Kaida-Chef die Algerier zu einer Revolution auf.

In einem neuen Video hat El-Kaida-Chef Aiman el Sawahiri von der neuen libyschen Führung ein Bekenntnis zum Islam gefordert. In Libyen solle nach dem Sturz des früheren Machthabers Muammar el Gaddafi islamisches Scharia-Recht eingeführt werden, sagte er nach Angaben des auf die Beobachtung islamistischer Internetseiten spezialisierten US-Unternehmens SITE vom Dienstag. Die Menschen im Nachbarland Algerien rief er zur Revolution auf.

Die in der monatelangen Auseinandersetzung zwischen Gaddafi und den libyschen Rebellen an der Seite der Aufständischen kämpfenden Nato-Truppen bezeichnete Sawahiri als „westliche Bande“, die darauf aus sei, den Islam zu besiegen. „Nehmt euch vor den Komplotten des Westens und seiner Handlanger in Acht“, sagte Sawahiri, der dem früheren El-Kaida-Chef Osama bin Laden nach dessen Tod im Mai an der Spitze des Terrornetzwerks nachgefolgt war. » | Mittwoch 12. Oktober 2011

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Ayman al-Zawahiri calls on Libyans to adopt sharia law: Ayman al-Zawahiri, the al-Qaeda leader, has praised Libyan rebels for seizing Tripoli, in his latest video, urging them to adopt sharia law. » | Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Gaddafi’s Daughter to Leave Hospital After Giving Birth
OMAN DAILY OBSERVER: ALGIERS — Aisha Gaddafi, who gave birth in Algeria this week after fleeing Libya as her father’s regime crumbled, was to leave hospital in the southern town of Djanet yesterday, a government source said.

The government said Tuesday that she had crossed into Algeria on Saturday with her brother Hannibal, their mother Safiya — Gaddafi’s second wife — and the fugitive leader’s eldest son Mohammed.

“Both (mother and daughter) are in very good health,” said the source who requested anonymity. The government said on Tuesday that Aisha Gaddafi gave birth to a baby girl in the small southern town of Djanet [français], 2,300 kilometres south of Algiers, early on Sunday.

The government official declined to comment on tensions between Algiers and Libya’s National Transitional Council, which has all but vanquished Gaddafi and has called for the handover of the Gaddafi family members.

Algeria’s foreign ministry on Tuesday said the Gaddafi family members were allowed in the country “for strictly humanitarian reasons”.

The daily Ennahar newspaper reported yesterday that up to 62 Gaddafi clan members had entered Tunisia. » | Agencies | Thursday, September 01, 2011

Inside Story - Algeria - Libya Relations
Is al-Qaeda stoking the friction between Libya and its neighbour?

Libyan Rebels Demand Return of Gaddafi Family from Algeria
Libya's National Transitional Council says the dictator's wife Safiya, who crossed the border into Algeria with Gaddafi's daughter Aisha, sons Hannibal and Mohammed and their children on 29 August, should be extradited. The family crossed at the south-western Libyan town of Ghadamis into Algeria, according to witnesses

Algerian Man Denied French Nationality Because Of Sexism
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: An Algerian man has been denied French nationality because of his sexist attitudes towards women.

The man's application was refused because "his idea of sexual equality is not that of the republic", according to a high-ranking official quoted by French radio station Europe 1.

The man, who has not been identified, is married to a Frenchwoman, but does not allow her to leave the family home freely, it was claimed.

The French constitution states that the government can refuse nationality or strip nationality for a "lack of integration". » | Friday, June 10, 2011

Western Non-democratic Software for Middle East

Riots over Housing in Algeria
Mar 23 - Riots over housing erupt in Algeria as attempts to create a nationwide opposition movement appear to have lost momentum. Deborah Lutterbeck reports

Protests Continue Throughout the Region
Feb 19 - Clashes in Yemen turn deadly and Algerian police push crowds out of May 1 Square. Maryam Ishani reporting

Algeria Shuts Down Internet and Facebook as Protest Mounts
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Internet providers were shut down and Facebook accounts deleted across Algeria on Saturday as thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators were arrested in violent street demonstrations.

Plastic bullets and tear gas were used to try and disperse large crowds in major cities and towns, with 30,000 riot police taking to the streets in Algiers alone.

There were also reports of journalists being targeted by state-sponsored thugs to stop reports of the disturbances being broadcast to the outside world.

But it was the government attack on the internet which was of particular significance to those calling for an end to President Abdelaziz Boutifleka's repressive regime.

Protesters mobilising through the internet were largely credited with bringing about revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia.

"The government doesn't want us forming crowds through the internet," said Rachid Salem, of Co-ordination for Democratic Change in Algeria. >>> Nabila Ramdani | Saturday, February 12, 2011

AFP: Protesters in Montreal call for change in Algeria: MONTREAL — Some 200 people demonstrated Saturday in the streets of Montreal, joining calls for the resignation of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on the heels of revolts in Tunisia and Egypt. >>> AFP | Saturday, February 12, 2011

SKY NEWS: Wildfire Of Hope Spreads Across Middle East: It began when a young street vendor set himself alight in an obscure Tunisian village in an act of despair which ironically is spreading hope in a wildfire crescent from Algeria to Syria. >>> Sam Kiley, security editor | Saturday, February 12, 2011

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Erfolg in Ägypten weckt Hoffnung
Zu Jubelfeiern kam es auch in zahlreichen arabischen Ländern. Wenn die Revolution in Ägypten erfolgreich war, können auch andere Autokraten fallen

Algeria: Protesters Clash With Riot Police
Hundreds of protesters including four MPs have been arrested in Algeria following clashes with police, according to sources

Protests in Algeria and Yemen

Algerian Protesters Clash with Police as Egypt Fervour Spreads
THE GUARDIAN: • 400 arrested as officers enforce no-protest ban in Algiers
• Up to 5,000 protesters rally in Yemeni capital of Sana'a
• Arab leaders make concessions to avoid repeat of Egypt

Algerian police have beaten back up to 2,000 demonstrators who tried to rally in central Algiers as aftershocks from the Egyptian revolution rumbled throughout the Middle East.

Demonstrations in Algiers quickly turned to running clashes with police who had been ordered by the government of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to enforce a no-protest ban. Police took up positions throughout the central city hours after the tumultuous scenes in Cairo, which are likely to have significant ramifications across the region.

Even before President Hosni Mubarak left the Egyptian capital, the 12-year regime of Bouteflika had been considered to be under most threat from the popular uprisings now galvanising the Arab states. Wedged alongside Tunisia, where President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was rolled 30 days ago and near Egypt, which fell on Friday, the unstable nation has many of the characteristics of both – a disenfranchised youth and rising prices of basic goods, such as sugar and cooking oil.

It also shares a large, pervasive security presence, authoritarian rule and a general sense that citizens are not benefiting from its wealth and resources.

Late in the afternoon, protesters briefly broke a cordon and officials say 400 were arrested by police – who vastly outnumbered them. Most were then released.

The demonstrations were organised, as they were in Yemen, nearly 4,000 miles away, where at least 5,000 people, mainly youths, rallied in the capital of Sana'a to call for Egypt-style reform. However they were swelled by spontaneous gatherings, which gave impetus to claims that other regimes may be nearing a tipping point.

In Sana'a, President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who took office around the same time as Mubarak and has enjoyed largely unchecked power ever since, called an emergency meeting of his security chiefs and senior ministers hours after the 82-year-old Egyptian leader left Cairo. >>> Martin Chulov in Beirut | Saturday, February 12, 2011

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Algeria Protesters Break Cordon

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH: Pro-democracy demonstrators, inspired by the Egyptian revolution, ignore official ban and march in the capital Algiers.

Algerian security forces and pro-democracy protesters are clashing, as demonstrations got underway in the capital Algiers on Saturday.

At least 2,000 protestors were able to overcome a security cordon enforced around the capital's May First Square, joining other demonstrators calling for reform.

Earlier, thousands of police in riot gear were in position to stop the demonstrations that could mimic the uprising which forced out Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

Security forces have closed all entrances to the capital and already arrested hundreds of protesters, sources told Al Jazeera.
At the scene of the protests, blogger and activist, Elias Filali, said human right's activists and syndicate members were among those arrested.

“I’m right in the middle of the march,” he told Al Jazeera. “People are being arrested and are heavily guarded by the police.”

Officials banned Saturday's opposition march, but protesters were determined to see it through. >>> Al Jazeera and agencies | Saturday, February 12, 2011

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LE FIGARO: Echauffourées à Alger lors de la marche de l'opposition : Des heurts entre forces de l'ordre et manifestants ont éclaté samedi place du 1er Mai, lieu de rendez-vous de la marche initiée par l'opposition mais interdite par les autorités. Des centaines de personnes, dont des députés, ont été interpellées. >>> Par lefigaro.fr | Samedi 12 Février 2011

LE POINT: Des milliers de policiers dans Alger en prévision de la marche : En Algérie, l'opposition appelle à manifester "pour changer le système" samedi à 11 heures du matin. >>> Source AFP | Samedi 12 Février 2011

NZZ ONLINE: Das Aufbegehren in der arabischen Welt geht weiter: Protest in Algier niedergeknüppelt - Demonstrationen in Jemen >>> sda/afp/dpa | Samstag 12 Februar 2011

Algeriens Regierung rüstet auf
TAGES ANZEIGER: Tausende schwer bewaffnete Polizisten sind in der Hauptstadt Algier aufmarschiert. Sie wollen eine angekündigte Kundgebung gegen die Regierung verhindern, die um 11 Uhr beginnen soll.

Vor dem geplanten Protestmarsch der algerischen Opposition haben Hunderte von Polizisten am Samstag Stellungen in der algerischen Hauptstadt Algier bezogen. Busse und Kleintransporter voller Sicherheitskräfte wurden an strategisch wichtigen Punkten rund um Algier und entlang der Route gezogen, auf dem die Regierungsgegner trotz eines Verbots demonstrieren wollen.

Der Erfolg der Protestbewegung in Ägypten und der Sturz des tunesischen Staatschefs Zine El Abidine Ben Ali im benachbarten Tunesien haben der algerischen Opposition und ihrer Forderung nach politischen Reformen neuen Auftrieb gegeben. Die Atmosphäre ist angespannt. >>> sda | Samstag, 12. Februar 2011

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Algerian protesters clash with police: Thousands of people defied an official ban on demonstrations in the Algerian capital and gathered in the city center for an pro-reform protest, the day after weeks of mass protests in Egypt succeeded in toppling the president. >>> | Saturday, February 12, 2011

Al-Qaeda Supports the Events in Tunisia and Algeria
ENNAHAR ONLINE ENGLISH: Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has called on demonstrators to extend their movements in Tunisia and Algeria to overthrow the governments in place and institute Sharia law, reported Thursday the U.S. service monitoring Islamist websites SITE.

In a 13-minute video, the leader of AQIM, Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, suggests to Tunisian dissidents, who have been demonstrating for a month: "send us your son so that they receive military training", SITE reported.

"We offer our support and our comfort and our help in your distress and your uprising," said Islamist leader.

Abu Musab Abdul Wadud called Tunisians to rise throughout the country against "the corrupt, criminal and tyrannical" in place in Tunis and establish Islamic law, (Sharia).

"But we will sooner or later retaliate against your torturers and their masters," he threatened. >>> ennahar | Friday, January 14, 2011

After Tunisia, a Rise of Revolt in Algeria?

Holy Hatred: Homosexuality in Muslim Countries
afrol NEWS: The majority of Muslim countries outlaw same-sex relationships. The seven countries in the world that carry the death penalty for persons presumed guilty of homosexual acts, justify this punishment with the Shari'a. Culture is not, however, always "against us and there are positive examples of same-sex relationships to be found in different Muslim cultures," she writes.

By Anissa Helie - I was born and raised in Algiers, of a French father and an Algerian mother. Having access to both cultures made me realize early on that racism as well as sexism were all-pervasive on both sides of the Mediterranean. It took me a few more years to come to the conclusion that homophobia was just as widespread.

Amnesty International counts at least 83 countries where homosexuality is explicitly condemned in the criminal code. Twenty-six of these are Muslim. This means that the majority of Muslim countries, including supposedly 'liberal' ones like Tunisia as well as dictatorships like Sudan, outlaw same-sex relationships. The seven countries in the world that carry the death penalty for persons presumed guilty of homosexual acts, justify this punishment with the Shari'a, or standard interpretation of Muslim jurisprudence. Though not always applied, the existence of the death penalty makes sexual minorities extremely vulnerable.

The state is not alone in practising repression. Communities and families have a part to play. In Indonesia, for example, homosexuality is not illegal. But in 1998 'Muslim militia' launched an anti-gay campaign on the island of Mindanao during which gay Muslims were terrorized, beaten up and ordered to leave or be castrated.

Jordan does not specifically outlaw homosexuality either. But that did not stop four Jordanians last year trying to kidnap their 23-year-old lesbian relative studying in the US, beating her and attempting to force her on to a plane bound for Jordan. The US police acted promptly and came to her rescue, but such an outcome tends to be the exception rather than the rule. Violence, harassment, persecution and extrajudicial or 'shame' killings are not uncommon. Sex and tradition >>> Anissa Helie, © afrol News | Undated

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Algeria: Cry the Benighted Country
THE SUNDAY TIMES: A third of Algerians are under 15 - inheritors of a brutal legacy of ancient and modern hatreds. Their country has suffered through civil war, terrorism and Islamic extremism. Is this uneasy peace what post-fundamentalism looks like?

"Is this your first time in Algeria?” everyone I meet asks me. It’s a polite inquiry, a courtesy veiling an admonishment, an accusation. “Where were you? Why did you take so long?” And with a weedy smile I reply, in geographic mitigation, that this isn’t my first time in the Maghreb. “Morocco,” they’d sigh. Yes, Morocco. “Ah, Morocco,” they’d repeat with a curl of the lip. “Disneyland.” And, compared to Algiers, it is.

Nobody’s been to Algeria for a decade unless they had a very pressing reason and some very secure connections. The last photographer I knew who tried to do a story here never got out of his hotel room. He went straight back to the airport, thoroughly scared. There were precious few news teams or foreign journalists — 11 years of civil war have been unforgivingly diligent and murderous and terrifying. Threats in Algeria are never empty. They come replete and fatty with promise, dripping with a brutal, dark efficiency.

“Zidane,” I say — Zinédine Zidane is the only contemporary Algerian anyone’s heard of. “Zidane,” they reply, “everyone was following him, looked to him for pride, for a sign.” Pity about the last match, though, that final head-butt in the 2006 World Cup. “What do you mean?” a man exploded at me, waving his hands. “We loved that! That moment! All his life Zidane was acquiescent, silent, a brown Frenchman, and then finally at the last he did something properly, authentically Algerian.”

Algiers curls like a sun-bleached spine around a great natural harbour. It is a city of lairs, of shadows. Up front is the icing, the promenade: unmistakably, vauntingly French. Tall white apartment blocks with beautiful Algiers-blue shutters and awnings hanging above shaded arcades of shops and deep, dark bars. There are broad, curving boulevards edged with ficus trees that have been pollarded and topiaried into a suspended, undulating green sunshade. It has that faded and dusty decrepitude that so suits colonial architecture, that lends a nostalgia to the bourgeois snobbery and imposed racism. The French city looks out across the Mediterranean towards Marseilles, its mirror. >>> AA Gill | Sunday, December 13, 2009