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

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.

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

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.

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

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