"...Morocco Islamist Speaks Out"

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4297386.stm

"Nadia Yassine belongs to a new generation of Islamists: western-educated but not westernised. She quotes from the Koran and French sociologists in one breath."

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"'I will never regret what I have said. I am a free woman. I live in a country which claims to be democratic,' she said.

'Freedom of speech is fundamental to democracy. Freedom of speech is a positive thing, not only for the Moroccans, but for all Muslim peoples who, for 14 centuries have been living the tragedy of silence, criminal silence.'

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"(Her Islamist group, Justice and Charity) campaigns peacefully for the creation of an Islamic state, and derives its power and popularity from helping the poor through a network of charities across the country."

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Very interesting. Muslims are fighting for rights and progress, and I think this is a perfect example.