I believe that women should have equal rights to education, to work and to civic and political engagement.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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