Rashid al-Ghannushi quotes
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“French laicite is probably aggressive and antagonistic to the religion, but there are other models of secularism in the world where there could be reconciliation between religion and secularism.”
-- Rashid al-GhannushiSource : "Tunisia's Challenge: A Conversation with Rachid al-Ghannouchi". UMCI News (Potomac Falls, VA), December 14, 2011.
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“Al-Nahda is a movement; it is not just a small party.”
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“No one in al-Nahda believes that jihad is a way to impose Islam on the world. But we believe that jihad is self-control, is social and political struggle, and even military jihad is only a way to defend oneself in the case of aggression.”
-- Rashid al-GhannushiSource : "Rached Ghannouchi: the FP interview". Interview with Marc Lynch, foreignpolicy.com. December 5, 2011.
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“I believe democracy will succeed in Tunisia, but I also believe that it will succeed in the other Arab Spring countries.”
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“Just like in medicine, when the normal medicine no longer works, one resorts to surgery. And the revolutions is like the surgery: Its painful, and its the last resort for nations.”
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“I dream of a free, democratic, peaceful Tunisia, a country that can protect its developing identity.”
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“There are common denominators that unite all members of al-Nahda: There is no one in al-Nahda who doubts about Islam There is no one in al-Nahda that believes in extremist views of Islam.”
-- Rashid al-GhannushiSource : "Rached Ghannouchi: the FP interview". Interview with Marc Lynch, foreignpolicy.com. December 5, 2011.
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“We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other peoples religion, and we have a long tradition of that.”
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“Under Tunisian law, a woman can divorce her husband. Total equality.”
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“I hope that with the success of the transition to democracy in Tunisia that we will export to Egypt a working democratic model.”
-- Rashid al-Ghannushi
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