"Referring to the human rights guaranteed in Islam and acknowledging how Muslim states have abused them--without deriding the concept of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights--Ghannouchi proposes for Tunisia a way forward founded on Islam. A good read."--A. B. Al-Deen, Choice "A felicitous translation of Ghannouchi's major work. Provides the most comprehensive account of the philosophical, religious, and political views of one of the most influential figures in contemporary political Islam."--Ali Banuazizi, Journal of Church and State "Rached Ghannouchi is one of the most influential, most interesting, and most promising thinkers and leaders of political Islam today. Finally, the magnum opus of his political thought on public and personal freedom is available in English.

It is an important document for how human rights and freedoms can be squared with the claims of Islamic political movements."--Frank Griffel, Yale University "Rached Ghannouchi presents the case for Islamic democracy in this in-depth study of public freedoms in an Islamic state. David Johnston's clear translation should be read by anyone interested in the emerging movements of Muslim democrats."--John O. Voll, coauthor of Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring "Rached Ghannouchi is one of the world's most influential Islamist thinkers, and his Public Freedoms in the Islamic State is essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between Islam and democracy."--Anne Wolf, author of Political Islam in Tunisia: The History of Ennahda.