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In Ramadan, you should eat less and think more.

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Tariq Ramadan
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 26
Islamicist
Philosopher
Theologian
Writer
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Ramadan
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When we begin to look around us, to observe individuals and societies, and to study philosophies and religions, we realize that our loneliness is shared. Our solitude is plural, and our singularity is the similarity between us.
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There is dignity in your being even if there's indignity in what you're doing.
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This simple truth is the essence of my message to Muslims throughout the world: know who you are, who you want to be, and start talking and working with whom you are not. Find common values and build with fellow citizens a society based on diversity and equality.
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Every country in Europe needs immigrants for its economic survival.
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In my book Radical Reform I made it clear that we cannot talk about the environment or ecology if we don't also deal with the economy. There is a direct link between how we deal with the economy and how we deal with nature.
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Islam came to teach us that there is no faith without intelligence and here we are: destroying our intelligence in the name of faith.
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South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.
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The challenge for Muslims in America is to respect the fears of ordinary people while resisting the exploitation of those fears by political parties, lobbies and sectors of the media. To meet this challenge, Muslims must reassess their own involvement, behavior and contributions in American society.
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Only in the crucible of self-mastery can freedom be smelted
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We must delve deep into history the better to engage a true dialogue of civilisations. Fear of the present can impose upon the past its own biased vision.
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No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.
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Arabic is the language of the Qur'an, but Arab culture is not the culture of Islam.
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You can be a very charitable capitalist. Like [Nicola] Sarkozy was saying, we have to 'moralise capitalism', which for me is a contradiction in terms.
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The media is putting a lot of emphasis on the few people that are destroying, while it won't report on the silent majority of people who are constructing, building and trying to find their way.
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Do not respond to attacks with attacks. Respond with Mercy & Respect
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Your sensitivity is power. Don't let people transform your qualities into weaknesses.
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Stand up for your values, be courageous and humble
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Now no one can deny the fact that whatever is the state of the affairs in the country, you did not have the army controlling the country and you have a pluralistic society anyway.
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The logic of freedom of religion implies freedom to be an atheist, even though, from a historical perspective, this has not been accepted in the Muslim world.
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If you do not have boundaries, you do not have a path.
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