Angry Young Tunisian Salafists threaten a peaceful revolution - The Economist.

Businessmen from Brazil to Japan were meeting with their counterparts in what seemed  a suitably  optimistic atmosphere although there was an underlying tension becuase of the security situation  during the riots and the curfew. It notes the recent emergence since the revolution of Salafist islamic extremists who attacked an art exhibition which offended them and started the  riots.

The Economist notes that the Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali blamed "unseen hands" who targeted a courthouse, police stations and trade union offices.

The riots ended quickly. Salafists preachers who had called for demonstrations after prayers on Friday 15 June called them off faced with the Mnister of Interiors ban on demonstrations. The Ennhada led government was blamed by some for being to close to the Salafists  fearing that they would allow art to be censored and commended by others for restoring order.

The Economist notes  that Ennhada draws a distinction between young Salafists who want to adhere to a stricter form of islam with a duty to spread the word and those who are jihadis who preach violence. It says that this distinction is sometimes hard to discern.  it acknowledges that increasing numbers of young unemployed Tunisians are attracted by a more fundamentalist interpretation of Islam that gives a structure to their lives and leads them into a world of good and evil where they are  inspired to play their part but in doing so they may threaten what has been, up till now, a peaceful nrevolution.