Rashid Ghannoushi (or Rachid Ghannouchi in French) is the ideological elder of Tunisia’s Ennahda, or the Renaissance Party, the local branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. He arrived in Washington on Monday, November 28, 2011, in the halo of a skewed electoral victory by his party in the small North African country’s recent elections.
[Ed. Note: The full text of “Rashid Ghannoushi: John Esposito’s Islamist in Tunis” follows. Follow the link above to read the entire article.]