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If you are not at peace with yourself then you cannot spread peace.

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Tariq Ramadan
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 26
Islamicist
Philosopher
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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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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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I am too old to think that numbers are creating change
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If we had not created a set of people against another the world would have been corrupt, and against here means two things: Against in the fact that they are challenging you with their diversity, challenging your intelligence and to challenge is not negative, it can be very positive depending on how you are challenged.
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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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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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Lack of consistency is a weakness shared by all nations.
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It is important that the Muslim leaders, scholars, and intellectuals are much more vocal and explain what Islam is.
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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 United States of America or the Western countries, they don't have a problem with Islamists as long as they are neoliberal capitalists and promoting the economic order. And the best example is the petro-monarchies. The petro-monarchies, they don't want democracy. They say there is no democracy in Islam. But they are within the economic system.
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Political rhetoric leads only to confusion.
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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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Never forget your dialogue with God, it is your strength.
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Ramadan is, in its essence, a month of humanist spirituality.
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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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In 2012, those French Muslim people voted massively for Francois Hollande against Nicolas Sarkozy. With the results of elections getting even tighter, those votes can make the difference. I am obviously not in favour of a community electorate, however, pressure is so great on them that I can easily understand how it can affect their votes.
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Serve humanity, regardless of religion. Show solidarity for those suffering and oppressed.
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Culture constitutes an essential element of social and political liberation. As people rise up across the Middle East and North Africa, the diversity of their cultures is not only the means but also the ultimate goal of their liberation and their freedom.
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If you do not have boundaries, you do not have a path.
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Don’t nurture a sense of guilt rather, nurture a sense of responsibility married with a sense of humility.
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