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

We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other peoples religion, and we have a long tradition of that.

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.

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.

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

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