n.
(Arabic; " Renaissance Party ")
Tunisian political party founded in 1981 by Rachid al- Ghannouchi and Abdelfattah Mourou ( 02BD; Abd al-Fatt 0101; 1E25; M 016B; r 016B; ) as the Islamic Tendency Movement.
Its platform called for a fairer distribution of economic resources, the establishment of multiparty democracy, and the injection of more religiosity in daily life; it claims to seek these goals through non-violent means. After 1984 the party was reorganized to operate clandestinely as well as publicly; it took its current name in 1988. Though the government of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali has treated party members less harshly than did that of Habib Bourguiba , it remains illegal.