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-Ghannushi
Social, Self-Control, Jihad, Impose
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-Ghannushi
Other, Could, Models, Aggressive
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.
- Rashid al-Ghannushi
Normal, Last, Works, Surgery
In our modern age - in the age of free information - I don't think there is any place for dictatorships.
- Rashid al-Ghannushi
Think, Modern, Modern Age, Dictatorships
I dream of a free, democratic, peaceful Tunisia, a country that can protect its developing identity.
- Rashid al-Ghannushi
Dream, Country, Tunisia, I Dream
I believe democracy will succeed in Tunisia, but I also believe that it will succeed in the other Arab Spring countries.
- Rashid al-Ghannushi
Will, Other, Also, Tunisia
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
Hope, Will, Egypt, Tunisia
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
Through, Represents, Models, Tunisia
We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other people's religion, and we have a long tradition of that.
- Rashid al-Ghannushi
Problem, Other, Respecting, Tunisia
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-Ghannushi
Unite, Doubts, About, Extremist
Under Tunisian law, a woman can divorce her husband. Total equality.
- Rashid al-Ghannushi
Woman, Law, Total, Divorce
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.
- Rashid al-Ghannushi
Reach, Everyone, Means, Believes
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