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.

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.

I believe democracy will succeed in Tunisia, but I also believe that it will succeed in the other Arab Spring countries.

The dictatorship needs to be entirely dismantled. All the rest of the old guard must go.

What Tunisia urgently needs, is freedom and the building of a real democracy.

I hope that with the success of the transition to democracy in Tunisia that we will export to Egypt a working democratic model.

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