My experience of living with people of diverse religions and cultures taught me that one will never be at peace with the other if one is at war with oneself.

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.

We should not fool ourselves. When the Quran says wa la qad karamna Bani Adam ["we have honored the Children of Adam"] so yes we should all be free but this should not mean that we must act against the dignity of human beings.

Muslim societies must leave behind these dual aspects: secularism/Islamism.

Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.

We need to challenge the dominant culture: by ethics, principles and values.

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