Tunisia: Moderate Islamist leader beats out conservatives in party elections, Washington Post (2012) —
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Tunisia: Moderate Islamist leader beats out conservatives in party elections, Washington Post (2012)

This news article says Tunisia’s most powerful Islamist party re-elected a moderate as its leader by a landslide in the early hours of the morning Tuesday, snubbing candidates that believed in imposing Islamic law on the country. Rachid Ghannouchi took 72,58 percent of the vote of delegates at the conclusion of a five day conference in which the party promised to promote a civil state with a culture of democracy and the peaceful transfer of power.

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