Fear of Tunisia’s Democracy Led Isis to Launch An Attack on Its Tourist Economy: By Chris Stephens

 There is no form of opportunity present in the social environments in Tunisia. There are individuals who have different interests conflicting with other individuals. Some are religiously tolerant and some aren’t religiously tolerant. However, accounting for the 21 casualties that took place in Carthage, Tunis recently, there is reason to understand that there is a large percentage of the Tunisian population that would rather join the Islamic State then be opposed to it. Being in opposition to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria can cause criminal activity that is seen as traditional now, in modern day Tunisia, but criminal activity that is heinous and cruel. On an economic scale, the tourism rate has dropped; forcing Britons to perceive that traveling to Tunisia for vacation might not be such a safe idea.

The attack that happened in the Bardo Museum in Carthage was unquestionably planned. The staff that regulates the flow of tourists visiting their museum is hopeful that there will be more foreign and international business that will be profited by them. They are also trying to forget and overlook this event because there is no certainty that tourist travel has been completely destroyed. Chris Stephen was able to get the response of a Bardo Museum tourist guide, Mohammed Ghadab, who stated exactly that.  The ISIS saw that the popularity of tourism brought forth economic characteristics of democracy and they seized the chance to destroy it once again. Democratic values in achieving money to enhance the economy, and to develop a safe contract for permanent security are not the ways the ISIS want Tunisia to be ruled. The Tunisian event that initially erupted the Arab Spring was enough to bring cultural reform, but now that the military in Tunisia sees it necessary to engage in warfare with ISIS individuals, they have another threat to be concerned about. Civil war is only a footstep away if ISIS continues to defy fundamental natural human law. There is an absence of social desire to want unity in deciding whether democracy is the system to use or not. Interests should be driven by family incomes, health insurance, and social security; unfortunately, factions in Tunisian population have interests that are heavily influenced by terrorist propaganda.

This article contributes directly to my research paper because it strengthens my argument, where I believe terrorism is reform’s biggest obstacle. Terrorism is fundamental, radical, and religious in Tunisia. The Arab Spring has made a mark in the nation’s history bit if it wants to remain a stable weapon in eliminating corruption; the majority of the Tunisian population has to have political, economic and social commonalities.