Tunisian Microcosm

Yesterday a Catholic priest from Poland who taught at a school outside Tunis was first beaten and then beheaded, presumably by Muslims. Several thousand normal Tunisians turned out to protest against the murder. The T-shirts in the photo below say “Tunisia secular.” The signs say “Tunisia for all” and “Terrorism is not Tunisian.”
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This is, in microcosm, the battle that is taking place across much of the Arab world.

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