Tariq Ramadan
Tariq Ramadan
Tariq Ramadanis a Swiss academic, philosopher and writer. He is the professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at St Antony's College, Oxford and also teaches at the Oxford Faculty of Theology. He is a visiting professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, the Université Mundiapolisand several other universities around world. He is also a senior research fellow at Doshisha University. He is the director of the Research Centre of Islamic Legislation and Ethics, based in...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 August 1962
CountrySwitzerland
I've never suffered because of my heritage in Europe.
Many U.S. organizations believe that I am being barred from the country not because of my actions but because of my ideas. The conclusion seems inescapable.
A good Muslim is not one who is strictest in his judgment, but who is most patient in listening.
To be kind is good. To be kind without expecting anything in return is better.
I don't like what you`re doing, but I won't insult you. Why? Because who you are tomorrow may be better than who I am today
We should say to the West: "You have been supporting dictators for too many years. Don't expect the people to introduce democracy over night. It is going to take time." It took time with the French revolution, it took time with the Eastern European revolutions. And it is going to take time there.
Our task is to change the world for the better, not to adapt ourselves to the world.
To be courageous is to be a voice for the voiceless
If you know how to live, even death is good news
We need modesty not only in the way we dress; we need intellectual modesty.
Never forget your dialogue with God, it is your strength.
Tell me what you are doing with your suffering, and I will tell you who you are.
We integrate the good wherever we find it.
When we begin to look around us, to observe individuals and societies, and to study philosophies and religions, we realize that our loneliness is shared. Our solitude is plural, and our singularity is the similarity between us.