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Tariq Ramadan

We must re-center philosophy within our frame of reference which I think is the way to deal with it.
TARIQ RAMADAN

Philosophy Think Way
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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Country Long Religious
If you are not at peace with yourself then you cannot spread peace.
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Culture Peace Relax Spread
We need modesty not only in the way we dress; we need intellectual modesty.
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Dresses Intellectual Need
If 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.
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Action Condemn Problem View
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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Games Political Religion
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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Heart Joy Silence
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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Brother Practice Punishment
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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Different Example Philosophy
Your country needs religious leaders and religious politicians
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Country Leader Religious
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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Greek Philosophy Religious
I am too old to think that numbers are creating change
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Create Numbers Think
Having traveled a lot and met people from different horizons it makes you more humble and ready to listen.
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Different Humble People
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.
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Adversity Exercise Men
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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Judge Mind Reality
We should not fool ourselves. When the Quran says wa la qad karamna Bani Adam [“we have honored the Children of Adam”] so yes we should all be free but this should not mean that we must act against the dignity of human beings.
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Children Mean Quran

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