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The message of Islam asks you to be intellectually, spiritually, socially, and politically independent
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Tariq Ramadan
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 26
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Our emotions are often beautiful, but they can also be dangerous. They represent our spontaneity, and seem to speak to us of our freedom.
Tariq Ramadan
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.
Tariq Ramadan
What we get from all religions especially from the Prophet's life, peace be upon him, is that there is no way to reach peace if we are not ready to sacrifice, not ready to strive, not courageous enough to face the powers here and the dictators who don't care about humanity or human life.
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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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If people who cherish freedom, who know the importance of mutual respect and are aware of the imperative necessity to establish a constructive and critical debate, if these people are not ready to speak out, to be more committed and visible, then we can expect sad, painful tomorrows. The choice is ours.
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To live is to love,to serve, to forgive. Love the One, love and serve humanity. To learn to love oneself and to love is to learn to forgive
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Even the concept of the infidel is misleading, because the infidel is normally someone with a different faith, someone who refuses to recognize the truth of the words of the Koran, as revealed by God. He has every right to do so, as long as he does not question my right to believe in my truth.
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If you read the Qur'an with your head, you find repetition. If you read it with your heart, you find depth.
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For me I made it clear that I wanted to meet with both sides of the political spectrum.
Tariq Ramadan
The universality of Islam is not uniformity, it is unity with diversity.
Tariq Ramadan
We can think of solutions in various theoretical ways, but it's not so on the ground. If they don't have a reference that helps them to belong, then they will end up excluding, and through that they get to feel that they belong on the basis of some narrow identity, language or color.
Tariq Ramadan
The link between domestic policy and international affairs is essential: We cannot say we care about domestic issues and we leave international politics, and the opposite is wrong as well. Both are connected and should be addressed together.
Tariq Ramadan
It is important that the Muslim leaders, scholars, and intellectuals are much more vocal and explain what Islam is.
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There is dignity in your being even if there's indignity in what you're doing.
Tariq Ramadan
We must re-center philosophy within our frame of reference which I think is the way to deal with it.
Tariq Ramadan
I want the American Muslims to tell the leaders what they are telling me all the time. I want this internal debate to happen and the Muslims cannot just criticize the leadership without being involved. At the end of the day, you have the leadership you deserve.
Tariq Ramadan
Your country needs religious leaders and religious politicians
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You're a man, but the day you raise your voice to your mother, you're not anymore.
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If you know how to live, even death is good news
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To be more precise, it's ethics and liberation, and as a consequence there is an ethics of liberation.
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