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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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Tariq Ramadan
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 26
Islamicist
Philosopher
Theologian
Writer
Genève
Oneself
Humanity
Learn
Live
Love
Forgive
Forgiving
Serve

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The best measure of a successful life is the way we turn away, we renounce, and even by the way we depart it.
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If you do not have boundaries, you do not have a path.
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Sometimes people confuse silence as wisdom when in fact it is compromise.
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There is nothing more Islamic than critical thinking.
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We need to realize that we should be on the side of any human being who is oppressed.
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In Islam, rules are important, like the Prophet said innal halaala bayyinun, wa innal haraama bayyinun [what is halal is clear, what is haram is clear]. The goal is not to diminish the importance of rules, but to have the right priorities.
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Muslims must speak out and explain who they are, what they believe in, what they stand for, what is the meaning of their life. They must have the courage to denounce what is said and done by certain Muslims in the name of their religion.
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A Muslim should be sincerely religious AND politically aware.
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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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Political rhetoric leads only to confusion.
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Islam doesn't need reform, we need to reform the Muslim mind.
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The more I know, the best I believe. The more I know, the best I'm worshiping Him. Because, in the end Allah knows the best.
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