The dictatorship needs to be entirely dismantled. All the rest of the old guard must go.
Rashid al-GhannushiNo 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-GhannushiThere 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