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13 quotes by Rashid al-Ghannushi

The neutrality of this article is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved. (August 2012) Rashid al-Ghannushi راشد الغنوشي Born June 1941 (age 73) El Hamma, Tunisia Alma mater Cairo University Damascus University Political party En-Nahda Movement Religion Sunni Islam Website www.rachedelghannouchi.com Rashid al-Ghannushi (Arabic: راشد الغنوشي...
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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... →

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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... →

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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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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... →

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Al-Nahda is a movement; it is not just a small party.

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I dream of a free, democratic, peaceful Tunisia, a country that can protect its developing identity.

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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.

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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.

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Under Tunisian law, a woman can divorce her husband. Total equality.

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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... →

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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... →

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