
THE VIEW FROM NORTH AFRICA
by Kenan Malik
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation has published a fascinating poll on attitudes to religion and politics in five North African countries (Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco). It reveals wide differences between the countries in political and religious attitudes – Tunisia being by far the least religious and most liberal, and Libya the most religious and conservative. There are also some depressingly familiar commonalities – particularly conspiracy theories about the creation Daech/IS. Tunisia is, of course, the only democracy among these states, […]
Categories: Atheism & Religion, International • Tags: algeria, egypt, islam, libya, morocco, muslims, north africa, tunisia