There is no dignity without work. You can't tell someone who has nothing to eat to stay patient.

I've always maintained there is no incompatibility between Islam and democracy. The Europeans in general confuse Islam and Islamism. Islamism is a political movement that instrumentalises the religion to get to power, which has nothing to do with religion. Islam here in Tunisia is a religion of openness, of tolerance.

The democratic process is always vulnerable and threatened by terrorists, by parties that do not believe in democracy.

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