Radical Islam making gains in Tunisia

UPDATED 0:49 AM EST, November 13, 2012

Even in Tunisia, where its "Arab Spring" has been considered a model for the Arab world, radical Islam seems to be making gains. Salafist groups promoting an extreme, fundamentalist version of Islam have taken control of more than 500 mosques, sparking a prolonged conflict between radical Islamists and the new Tunisian state, writes Walter Russell Mead.

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