Rashid al-Ghannushi
Rashid al-Ghannushi
Rached Ghannouchi, also spelled Rachid al-Ghannouchi or Rached el-Ghannouchi, is a Tunisian politician, co-founder of the Ennahda Movement and serving as its "intellectual leader". He was born Rashad Khriji...
NationalityTunisian
ProfessionPolitician
CountryTunisia
religion respecting
We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other people's religion, and we have a long tradition of that.
world aggressive secularism
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.
egypt democracy tunisia
I hope that with the success of the transition to democracy in Tunisia that we will export to Egypt a working democratic model.
party als movement
Al-Nahda is a movement; it is not just a small party.
office people wish
I will not be standing for office. I'm nearing 70; there are younger people within our movement. I just wish to contribute intellectually to the historic process of taking Tunisia from the era of repression to one of democracy.
military believe struggle
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.
medicine lasts revolution
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.
needs dictatorship
The dictatorship needs to be entirely dismantled. All the rest of the old guard must go.
dream country peaceful
I dream of a free, democratic, peaceful Tunisia, a country that can protect its developing identity.
long tunisia problem
We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other peoples religion, and we have a long tradition of that.
husband divorce law
Under Tunisian law, a woman can divorce her husband. Total equality.
continue models source
Tunisia will continue to be a source of influence, not through its size but through the ideas and the models that it represents.