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We fail when we try to give simple answers to complicated problems.

Tariq Ramadan

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Tariq Ramadan
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 26
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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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The diversity is the risk of war, the necessity of diversity is mutual respect
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Nature is telling us that if you don't respect the environment then you are living with artificial needs and a consumerism that is destroying the very conditions we need to survive.
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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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Pray in the night so that you can change the world in the day
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We have to be very cautious not to accept the scam of polarization we see in the media. It is not in fact between secularists and Islamists, it is a battle within the Islamic reference.
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We should know that the American administration is very much involved with the Egyptian army. And when you talk about the Egyptian army, we don't only talk about, you know, political power, we talk about economic power.
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I believe my religion is the truth, but I am not the truth and the truth doesn't belong to me I'm trying to belong to the truth.
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In my book, the Arab Awakening, I talk about the fact that we have to move from this. All the contemporary ideologies of political Islam have been based on the nation state. The nation state is very problematic but I'm not sure if we have an alternative political model.
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Never forget your dialogue with God, it is your strength.
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