Modern Tunisia Author:Andrew Borowiec How did Tunisia succeed in eliminating the threat of militant Islamic fundamentalism? While its next door neighbor, Algeria, is in the midst of an upheaval threatening modernization and a secular government, Tunisia is the only Muslim country to ban polygamy and to introduce state-funded contraception. Borowiec shows why Tunisia may succeed in i... more »ts aspirations to make the transition to a "young developed nation" at the beginning of the next millennium.« less