Political rhetoric leads only to confusion.
TARIQ RAMADANPolitical rhetoric leads only to confusion.
TARIQ RAMADANAcknowledged differences may create mutual respect, but hazy misunderstandings bring forth nothing but prejudice and rejection.
TARIQ RAMADANIf 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.
TARIQ RAMADANIntellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know
TARIQ RAMADANServe humanity, regardless of religion. Show solidarity for those suffering and oppressed.
TARIQ RAMADANThere is the philosophy embedded in the culture we are living. It is quite clear for example that Arabs have a different culture than Malaysians.
TARIQ RAMADANYour heart is the center of humility, your mind could be the source of arrogance.
TARIQ RAMADANFasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and men to an extra degree of self-awareness.
TARIQ RAMADANCultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
TARIQ RAMADANIslam, as a religion, has been established in France for a long time, and the religious question has been resolved in this country. Islam does not threaten France’s future in any way.
TARIQ RAMADANGreek philosophy departs from the assumption that we can understand the world autonomously using our rational faculties. Islam is not saying this.
TARIQ RAMADANWe should not treat people as they treat us, we should treat them better.
TARIQ RAMADANWisdom is always connected to beauty. When you see someone acting by their principles, their wisdom makes them beautiful.
TARIQ RAMADANWe cannot have a free market since it does not really set us free. It’s free for interest, speculation and consumerism to create false needs.
TARIQ RAMADANIslam can only be modernized from within. If I state that I condemn the practice of stoning, that this punishment is despicable, it changes nothing. My fellow Muslims will say: Brother Tariq, you became a European, a Swiss citizen, so you are no longer one of us.
TARIQ RAMADANWe are in a world that is connected, but is not communicating.
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