I understand the need to serve the community by talking about marriage or halal food. But you should also lead with vision, wisdom and courage.
TARIQ RAMADANI understand the need to serve the community by talking about marriage or halal food. But you should also lead with vision, wisdom and courage.
TARIQ RAMADANIS [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.
TARIQ RAMADANFear 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.
TARIQ RAMADANIntellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know
TARIQ RAMADANFor me I made it clear that I wanted to meet with both sides of the political spectrum.
TARIQ RAMADANTeach 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.
TARIQ RAMADANWe should not treat people as they treat us, we should treat them better.
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 RAMADANPolitical rhetoric leads only to confusion.
TARIQ RAMADANIf 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.
TARIQ RAMADANOur emotions are often beautiful, but they can also be dangerous. They represent our spontaneity, and seem to speak to us of our freedom.
TARIQ RAMADANWe need modesty not only in the way we dress; we need intellectual modesty.
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 RAMADANIf we agree to say that those terrorists are indeed Muslim, I have no problem whatsoever to condemn their actions. I won’t apologise though, or justify my point of view.
TARIQ RAMADANHaving traveled a lot and met people from different horizons it makes you more humble and ready to listen.
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.
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