Tunisia's responsibility, and especially that of its political and intellectual elites, is enormous. All the protagonists of the nation's social, cultural, economic and political life must work to overcome useless and counterproductive polarisation, and to find solutions to domestic, regional and international problems.

In my book, the Arab Awakening, I talk about the fact that we have to move from this. All the contemporary ideologies of political Islam have been based on the nation state. The nation state is very problematic but I'm not sure if we have an alternative political model.

Our task is to change the world for the better, not to adapt ourselves to the world.

I'm not talking about reforming #Islam..it is to reform the #Muslim minds & the Muslim understandings of the texts.

Cherish your tears and their reasons, they will be the light of your smile, your inner peace and reconciliation.

Fear is created which can lead to racism. However, we can overcome that fear through trust.

Nevertheless, I have no political agenda whatsoever, even though some might think the contrary.