QUEZON CITY — Dear readers, let me start by sharing an urgent open letter sent by my friend and colleague, Radwan Masmoudi, founding president of the Center of the Study of Islam & Democracy . Based in Washington DC, CSID is dedicated to promoting freedom, democracy, and good governance in the Arab and Muslim world, as well as improving relations between the United States and the Muslim world.
Radwan, a Tunisian by birth, worked tirelessly to have conferences and discussions on political reforms in then authoritarian countries such as North Africa’s Libya, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. By the time the Arab Spring burst onto the scene, Radwan had groups in North Africa who were part of the democratic discourse.
that began in Tunisia in December 2010, when mass demonstrations erupted to protest the oppressive system that made a street vendor set fire to himself. Mohamed Bouazizi, an impoverished young man who was the main financial support of his family, had enough of harassment by local officials. Youth from Egypt, Algeria, Morocco and the Middle East were enraged and staged massive demonstrations protesting the death of Mohamed and challenging entrenched regimes.
Radwan and CSID have focused much attention to the need to support democratic institutions in MENA, to shed light on the oppressive institutions that caused a young street vendor to sacrifice himself in protest. Are they merely whistling in the dark? Here is Radwan’s letter:I am writing to you about the grave situation of HE Hamadi Jebali, former Prime Minister of Tunisia and a full member of the Club de Madrid.
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