In my book, the Arab Awakening, I talk about the fact that we have to move from this. All the contemporary ideologies… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
We have to free the Muslim mind from the obsession with limits and rules and forgetting the path and objective. This is… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
I focus on Islamic applied ethics in many fields, and here I am saying that coming back to the Qu'ran and the… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Islam came to teach us that there is no faith without intelligence and here we are: destroying our intelligence in the name… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Greek philosophy departs from the assumption that we can understand the world autonomously using our rational faculties. Islam is not saying this. — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
The suicide bomber who blows up Israeli children cannot transform himself into a martyr. The Palestinian problem is not an Islamic problem. — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
As Muslims the way we show respect to the creator is by respecting creation and this is why we have to reconcile… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
I'm working on different fields. One of my next books Insha'Allah will be a novel because it's important to explore the heart… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
We want to tell people how great Islam is yet we are not great Muslims. — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
We need to deal with three things that are important: first, we need a very deep reconsideration of how we are dealing… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Being Muslim has become synonymous with pointed questions, with tension and mistrust, even with conflict. It has become a global phenomenon with… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
American Muslims are already within the system. We should stop isolating ourselves by thinking we are powerless. The youngest generations of Americans… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“Before God and in conscience, Muslims cannot satisfy themselves by repeating what the texts say and then snap their fingers at daily… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
The Muslim contribution to the future of America is to not only speak out as Muslims, but to also speak out as… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Things need to be properly named. Political confusion starts with terminology confusion. Islamism implies some sort of political and social plan for… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Populism is everywhere. We have religious populism in the Muslim-majority countries as much as we have populism in the United States of… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Compelling a woman to wear a headscarf is against Islam, and compelling her to remove it is against human rights. — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
IS [Islamic State] has played a major role in helping Bashar al-Assad to reposition Syria on the international scene. Now, it is… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
The philosophical connection between the Islamic world and the West is much closer than I thought. Doubt did not begin with Descartes.… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
There is great potential and deep fragility [in Malaysia] that can be used by any group that stresses on religion, pushing towards… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
The logic of freedom of religion implies freedom to be an atheist, even though, from a historical perspective, this has not been… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
The more I know, the best I believe. The more I know, the best I'm worshiping Him. Because, in the end Allah… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
We always think from where we come from. We always think from the sources that shape our understanding. I think about the… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
As Western Muslims and American Muslims, we need to understand that the values and principles we promote are not only Muslim values.… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Saying that the origin of the Islamic State (IS) is within the Muslim Brotherhood organisation only strengthens IS. — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
I have learned that one should say "Peace!" to those who shout their hatred for one's being and presence or at one's passage. — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
51% of the French people - who are not very religious - were thinking that what "Charlie Hebdo" did was unwise. They aren't asking… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
I wanted to understand. I'm not here to support one, but I am here to criticize all, on a principled position. I very much… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
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… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
There is the philosophy embedded in the culture we are living. It is quite clear for example that Arabs have a different culture than… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Acknowledged differences may create mutual respect, but hazy misunderstandings bring forth nothing but prejudice and rejection. — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
It is of the highest importance to provide equal access to the labour market. Governments should act to establish equitable employment standards and penalise… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Wisdom is always connected to beauty. When you see someone acting by their principles, their wisdom makes them beautiful. — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Your sensitivity is power. Don't let people transform your qualities into weaknesses. — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image