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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.

Tariq Ramadan

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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Fire Lit Quite Say Should
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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Creation Look Understanding
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
Serve humanity, regardless of religion. Show solidarity for those suffering and oppressed.
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Humanity Solidarity Suffering
We are in a world that is connected, but is not communicating.
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Communicate Connected World
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
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
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
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
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
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
We need modesty not only in the way we dress; we need intellectual modesty.
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Dresses Intellectual Need
Your country needs religious leaders and religious politicians
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Country Leader Religious
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
Your heart is the center of humility, your mind could be the source of arrogance.
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Arrogance Heart Humility
Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know
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Humility Intellectual Modesty

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