Exclusive Interview: Tunisian President Marzouki
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki speaks to Al-Monitor's Sophie Claudet just days after the US embassy in Tunis was stormed by Salafists. Marzouki said more could have been done to prevent the attack. He also acknowledged the rise and danger of Salafists, but said that force will not solve the problem of radical Islam.
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki speaks to Al-Monitor's Sophie Claudet in an exclusive interview just days after the US embassy in Tunis was stormed by Salafists.
The attack came in protest over a film produced in the United-States and mocking Islam's prophet Muhammad. At the time of Al-Monitor's interview, Tunisia's capital was also in high alert after a French weekly published caricatures also ridiculing Muhammad.
