Tariq Ramadan

I am too old to think that numbers are creating change

— Tariq Ramadan

The most dangerous prisons are those with invisible bars

— Tariq Ramadan

Stand up for your values, be courageous and humble

— Tariq Ramadan

If you do not have boundaries, you do not have a path.

— Tariq Ramadan

A Muslim should be sincerely religious AND politically aware.

— Tariq Ramadan

Jihadists are acting against the interests of every single country.

— Tariq Ramadan

Never forget your dialogue with God, it is your strength.

— Tariq Ramadan

Political rhetoric leads only to confusion.

— Tariq Ramadan

If you read the Qur'an with your head, you find repetition. If you read it with your heart, you find depth.

— Tariq Ramadan

We need to challenge the dominant culture: by ethics, principles and values.

— Tariq Ramadan

Having traveled a lot and met people from different horizons it makes you more humble and ready to listen.

— Tariq Ramadan

If you want to have a good life, never forget that you are going to die

— Tariq Ramadan

Wisdom is always connected to beauty. When you see someone acting by their principles, their wisdom makes them beautiful.

— Tariq Ramadan

We need modesty not only in the way we dress; we need intellectual modesty.

— Tariq Ramadan

Acknowledged differences may create mutual respect, but hazy misunderstandings bring forth nothing but prejudice and rejection.

— Tariq Ramadan

You can't say 'I don't do politics,' because silence is a political statement.

— Tariq Ramadan

“Before God and in conscience, Muslims cannot satisfy themselves by repeating what the texts say and then snap their fingers at daily…

— Tariq Ramadan

The discriminations that are found in the Muslim majority countries are more Cultural than Islamic. … I have always said to the…

— Tariq Ramadan

You can be a very charitable capitalist. Like [Nicola] Sarkozy was saying, we have to 'moralise capitalism', which for me is a…

— Tariq Ramadan

Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited…

— Tariq Ramadan

The perception in the Arab world now is that we are having secularists against Islamists, and that's it. So the secularists are…

— Tariq Ramadan

In the Muslim-majority countries you can't do without Islam, we can't do without their culture, in which way they are going to…

— Tariq Ramadan

We are not competing for the good when we only compete for numbers, being preoccupied with how many converts we are gaining.…

— Tariq Ramadan

The young people who join extremist groups are clearly suffering from massive deficiencies in religious knowledge and are often politically gullible (when…

— Tariq Ramadan

We have talked about revoking French citizenship for some individuals. Therefore, I have decided to apply for citizenship, which in a way…

— Tariq Ramadan

“The first verses establish an immediate correspondence with what Revelation was later to recount about the creation of humankind: “He [God] taught…

— Tariq Ramadan

We should say to the West: "You have been supporting dictators for too many years. Don't expect the people to introduce democracy…

— Tariq Ramadan

Even after the whole democratization process, it's quite clear that the United States are not seen in a positive way in all…

— Tariq Ramadan

The United States of America or the Western countries, they don't have a problem with Islamists as long as they are neoliberal…

— Tariq Ramadan

I wouldn't call it naive but silly. History does not work like this. If you look at the dynamics of Eastern Europe…

— Tariq Ramadan

I look to Islamic ethics to find something that can provide the basis for shared values with other traditions, and ultimately universal…

— Tariq Ramadan

When Manuel Valls says there's nothing to understand because "understanding is justifying," he echoes back to Georges W Bush's logic in 2001.…

— Tariq Ramadan

“From the very start, the Prophet did not conceive the content of his message as the expression of pure otherness versus what…

— Tariq Ramadan

“It must be admitted that the West has reached a level of scientific mastery and outstanding specialisation. In its points of reference,…

— Tariq Ramadan

Salafi is a very broad concept in Islam. What we have now is, like, for example, the Nour Party in Egypt or…

— Tariq Ramadan

Modesty is the way you deal with beauty not the way you avoid it.

— Tariq Ramadan

Don't treat people the way they treat you. Treat them better.

— Tariq Ramadan

Do not respond to attacks with attacks. Respond with Mercy & Respect

— Tariq Ramadan

Only in the crucible of self-mastery can freedom be smelted

— Tariq Ramadan

Lack of consistency is a weakness shared by all nations.

— Tariq Ramadan