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An open letter to Rashid al Ghannouchi

An open letter to Rashid al Ghannouchi

Idries de Vries Sheikh Rashid, On the 23rd of October 2011, during the first “free” elections in Tunisia following the departure of the tyrant dictator Ben Ali, the 60% of Tunisians eligible to vote that actually [...]

Ghannushi’s Political Paradoxes: the Islamic Secular?

Ghannushi’s Political Paradoxes: the Islamic Secular?

Dr. Abdul Wahid In early March 2012, Rashid al-Ghannushi—the well-known thinker and leader of Ennahda, the political party that fared best in Tunisia’s recent elections—addressed a small audience from Tunisia’s elite at the Centre for the [...]