Fasting 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 RAMADANGreek philosophy departs from the assumption that we can understand the world autonomously using our rational faculties. Islam is not saying this.
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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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Wisdom is always connected to beauty. When you see someone acting by their principles, their wisdom makes them beautiful.
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We 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.
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For me I made it clear that I wanted to meet with both sides of the political spectrum.
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If you look at how we are destroying and disrespecting Creation it is obvious that is something is not clear in our understanding. We overemphasize rules but we don’t understand the objective.
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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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Your heart is the center of humility, your mind could be the source of arrogance.
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Acknowledged differences may create mutual respect, but hazy misunderstandings bring forth nothing but prejudice and rejection.
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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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Greek philosophy departs from the assumption that we can understand the world autonomously using our rational faculties. Islam is not saying this.
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Political rhetoric leads only to confusion.
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Islam 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.
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Our emotions are often beautiful, but they can also be dangerous. They represent our spontaneity, and seem to speak to us of our freedom.
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I am too old to think that numbers are creating change
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Islam, 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.
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