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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.

Tariq Ramadan

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
For me I made it clear that I wanted to meet with both sides of the political spectrum.
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Made Political Side Spectrum
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
We are in a world that is connected, but is not communicating.
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Communicate Connected World
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
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.
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Community Talk Vision
If you are not at peace with yourself then you cannot spread peace.
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Culture Peace Relax Spread
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
Political rhetoric leads only to confusion.
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Confusion Political Rhetoric
Wisdom is always connected to beauty. When you see someone acting by their principles, their wisdom makes them beautiful.
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Acting Beautiful Principle
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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Emotional Mindset Political
To have a moral sense is not to be dogmatic in dealing with rules. It can be an open way with dealing with questions of objectives and purpose, which is completely different.
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Different Purpose Way
Your heart is the center of humility, your mind could be the source of arrogance.
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Arrogance Heart Humility
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
We must re-center philosophy within our frame of reference which I think is the way to deal with it.
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Philosophy Think Way

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