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Political Islam will go the same way as nationalism and communism
- Moncef Marzouki was the president of Tunisia from 2011 to 2014. A neurologist by profession, he spent many years defending human rights during the dictatorship of former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, which was toppled by the Arab Spring uprising. He founded the Congress for the Republic party but in 2015 he launched a new political party named Al-Irada (The Will). You can follow him on Twitter @Moncef_Marzouki . A longer version of this article originally appeared in Arabic at Aljazeera.net.
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Photo: Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki delivers a speech during a rally to launch his new political party Al-Irada (the will) in the capital Tunis on 20 December, 2015 (AFP).
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