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invites you to a briefing:

Tunisia at a Crossroads:

Between a Nascent Democracy and the Old Guard



featuring:




Radwan A. Masmoudi

Founder and President
Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

12:30pm - ICC 270

Georgetown University

 
Since the Tunisian revolution started in December 2010, Tunisia has been on the road to democracy, and has achieved remarkable success. From organizing two free and fair elections, to the writing and adoption of the most progressive and democratic constitution in the Arab world, to the formation of the TROIKA ruling coalition (between Nahdha and two moderate secular parties), Tunisia has been setting the stage for the first-ever real, lasting, and stable democracy. However, the Oct. 26 legislative elections and the upcoming Nov. 23 Presidential elections are expected to give power to Nidaa Tounes, which is made up of the remnants of the old regime in coalition with a few leftist leaders. If the president of Nidaa wins the Presidential elections on Nov. 23, then the party will basically be able to control all three presidencies (parliament, government, and the presidency of the republic) and hence control political life for the next 5 years. Will Nidaa Tunis continue on the path of implementing democratic reforms and respecting the newly established constitution, or will it go back to the old methods of the oppressive and corrupt old rulers? A lot is at stake, including the regional struggle for freedoms and democracy, and the hopes and aspirations of millions of Tunisians and other Arabs and Muslims for a better and more dignified life.   
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BIOGRAPHY:  Radwan A. Masmoudi  is the Founder and President of the Center of the Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID), a Washington-based non-profit think tank dedicated to promoting dialogue about democracy in the Muslim world. He is also the Editor of the Center's quarterly publication, Muslim Democrat. He has written and published several articles and papers on the topics of democracy, diversity, human rights, and tolerance in Islam. He is active with local Muslim organizations, and was elected as member of the Board of Director of the Muslim Community Center, in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is a member of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), the Tunisian Scientific Society (TSS), and a member of the board of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS) and the International Forum for Islamic Dialogue (IFID). In April 2012, he was elected as a member of the Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy.

Radwan organized 15 Annual Conferences of CSID, which brings together more than 250 scholars of Islam from all over the world. Radwan appears regularly on radio and TV shows, including Voice of America, FoxNews, CNN, CBS, CNBC, NPR, Al-Jazeera, Algerian TV, al-Mustakillah TV, Press TV, Tunisia TV, etc. He has participated and organized over 100 seminars, conferences, and workshops about democracy, freedom, and human rights in Islam, at speaks often at major public policy think tanks, such as the Brookings Institute, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Cato Institute, etc.


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