Tunisian police used tear gas to break up a rally in Tunis's symbolic Avenue Bourguiba, on Monday commemorating "Martyr's Day". Protests in central areas of the capital have been banned since last month, but that hasn't stopped demonstrators angry with the ruling moderate Islamist Ennahdha party from turning out in the streets. It comes at a time of increasing pressure on the embattled coalition government from both ends of the political spectrum.
A French court has rejected an appeal by the Church of Scientology, upholding 2009 fraud charges and a 600,000 euro fine for convincing members into spending tens of thousands of euros.
Annette Young talks to Israeli historian and journalist, Gershom Gorenberg, who has just published a book entitled "The Unmaking of Israel". An Orthodox Jew who's also left-wing, he talks about how Israel is at a crossroads as the divide between the secular and religious continues to deepen.
In Tunisia, conservative Islamists are becoming increasingly insistent - we look at protests held at one university in Manouba. Also, Libya’s Prime Minister and Tripoli's residents urge former fighters to put down their weapons and go home. Finally, Africa's biggest shopping complex opens in Morocco, but some fear it will drive a deeper wedge between the have's and have-nots.
The kanun are a set of ancient Albanian laws which are still followed in some rural parts of Kosovo - we show you how the tradition of blood feuds has shattered the lives of entire families. We also tell you why religious parties are seeking to challenge Kosovo’s secular constitution. Finally, Nerimane Kamberi, a Kosovan author, takes us through the streets of the capital Pristina.
Activists from the Syrian opposition formed a secular coalition in Paris this weekend, warning that without the separation of church and state the fall of President Bashar al-Assad could lead to Islamist rule.
Annette Young meets John R. Bowen, anthropologist and author of "Can Islam be French?" Islam is the second most widely practised religion in France, but how do Muslims live their religion in a country which is known for its fierce secularism?
On Tuesday, France's highest administrative court handed down a final ruling on five cases involving the public use of funds for religious purposes. Religious scholars say the place of Islam in French society is at stake.
In Tuesday's French papers - the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal rumbles on, as a French journalist presses charges for attempted rape - and he sues her for defamation; and in other news, Paris' Muslim community may finally get a decent place to pray, and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi calls the Benghazi rebels rats - and says the family will never negotiate.
President Sarkozy is back on the campaign trail and has returned to France's industrial north, where swaying disgruntled factory workers may be a tall order. After the interior minister announced his plan to ban praying in the street, we consider the religious and political conundrum facing this secular state. Finally, we dip into the magical world of Oksa Pollock.
