For me I made it clear that I wanted to meet with both sides of the political spectrum.
TARIQ RAMADANAcknowledged differences may create mutual respect, but hazy misunderstandings bring forth nothing but prejudice and rejection.
More Tariq Ramadan Quotes
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When you’re overwhelmed by your emotion, you listen less and you judge more. This is also the reality of the dogmatic mind.
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IS [Islamic State] has played a major role in helping Bashar al-Assad to reposition Syria on the international scene. Now, it is almost impossible to come up with a solution that would exclude him. The political game appears to be very cynical indeed.
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Political rhetoric leads only to confusion.
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We should not treat people as they treat us, we should treat them better.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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There is the philosophy embedded in the culture we are living. It is quite clear for example that Arabs have a different culture than Malaysians.
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If you are not at peace with yourself then you cannot spread peace.
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Acknowledged differences may create mutual respect, but hazy misunderstandings bring forth nothing but prejudice and rejection.
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We need modesty not only in the way we dress; we need intellectual modesty.
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Teach the heart not to give way to proud emotions and arrogant thinking; bring the mind to heart-soothing solutions that make it possible to control oneself gently and wisely.
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We are in a world that is connected, but is not communicating.
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Your country needs religious leaders and religious politicians
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If there is a smoke, there is a fire, the saying goes, That is quite true, but one should find what the fire is, and who lit it.
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One does not always know how to express the sorrow of the soul. One does not always know how to silence the joy of the heart.
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I am too old to think that numbers are creating change
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