After Mubarak, the Brotherhood was triumphant. Now it is in crisis
Under attack in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, the leadership has to answer the question: 'How did you let this happen to you?'

By Peter Beaumont, The Observer, 27 July 2013

On replicants in Tunisia:

Second Opposition Leader Assassinated in Tunisia
By Carlotta Gall, New York Times, July 25/26, 2013

[....] The assassination has hit Tunisia at a moment of growing political tension. Two years after the revolution that ended the dictatorship of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and empowered Ennahda in parliamentary elections, opposition to the Islamists has been building. Leftist and democratic parties have accused it of inefficiency and of prolonging its mandate illegally.

Invigorated by events that overthrew the Islamist government in Egypt three weeks ago, they have increasingly demanded that the government resign and set a date for elections. Youth groups, including a Tunisian version of Egypt’s Tamarrod, or Rebellion, which was instrumental in the ouster of Egypt’s Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi, have begun organizing. The trade union movement, which played a large role in the revolution, called for a general strike on Friday in protest of the killing.

Like their counterparts in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, Ennahda members had little experience running a country. The party was banned under the former government, and its members spent years in prison or exile. Ennahda leads a coalition with two smaller secular parties and has struggled to complete the drafting of a new Constitution and prepare elections within the allotted one year. [....]

In a July 18 piece, anonymice from Hamas, among others, talk to Hazem Balousha, a Palestinian journalist based in Gaza City, about  their organizations's analysis of all of the MB fate and what it may mean for them:

Thousands stage opposition rally in Tunisia
Police fire tear gas at protesters in the capital Tunis, as secular opposition rises against Islamist-led government.
Al Jazeera, 28 Jul 2013 17:15

[.....] Many Tunisians think the government has not done enough to combat people performing acts of violence in the name of religion.

According to the Reuters news agency, the secular opposition has been considering setting up an alternative "salvation government" to challenge the Islamist-led leadership in the wake of this feeling that the government is not doing enough to protect its citizens.

"We will meet this evening to discuss creating a new salvation government and will study the possibility of nominating a new prime minister to replace this failed government," said Jilani Hammami, a leader of the Salvation Front coalition and Tunisian Workers' Party, on Sunday.

If agreed upon, the move would mark a significant escalation by the country's opposition groups, who say they have no interest in reconciliation with the ruling Islamist Ennahda party [.....]

Tunisia anti-government protests rage on
Police fire tear gas at protesters gathered outside the country's parliament, as government stresses its legitimacy.
Al Jazeera, 29 Jul 2013 00:48

[....] Sunday's demonstrations took place in the capital Tunis, with supporters of Mohamed Brahmi, the slain opposition leader, and those who support the ruling Islamist Ennahda party being separated by security barricades and riot police.

"Enough with Ghannouchi," the opposition crowd chanted, referring to Ennahda chief Rached Ghannouchi. "The people want the fall of the assassins."

Ennahda supporters retorted that the parliament was a "legitimate" body and that the demonstrators should not invite any non-democratic action [....]