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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

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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Beautiful Emotion Speak
If you are not at peace with yourself then you cannot spread peace.
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Culture Peace Relax Spread
Teach 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.
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Giving Heart Think
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
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
Acknowledged differences may create mutual respect, but hazy misunderstandings bring forth nothing but prejudice and rejection.
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Difference Prejudice Rejection
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
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
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
We need modesty not only in the way we dress; we need intellectual modesty.
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Dresses Intellectual Need
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
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
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
Your country needs religious leaders and religious politicians
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Country Leader Religious
Serve humanity, regardless of religion. Show solidarity for those suffering and oppressed.
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Humanity Solidarity Suffering

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