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" Tunisia will continue to be a source of influence, not through its size but through the ideas and the models that it represents. "
Rashid al-Ghannushi
Ideas
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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. "
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" Al-Nahda is a movement; it is not just a small party. "
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" We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other people's religion, and we have a long tradition of that. "
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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. "
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" In our modern age - in the age of free information - I don't think there is any place for dictatorships. "
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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: It's painful, and it's the last resort for nations. "
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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. "
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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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" Under Tunisian law, a woman can divorce her husband. Total equality. "
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" There is no one in al-Nahda that is 'violence is a means of change or to keep power.' Everyone in al-Nahda believes that democracy is the only way to reach power and to stay in power. "
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