“It is like using a smoke screen, the same thing for an individual. The topic here is Islam. If French politicians are no longer talking about Islam, they know they will have to talk about something else, which brings the spotlight on their inefficiency. They will have to talk about domestic social and economic issues and they will have to justify their foreign policy, which is obviously something they need to avoid at all costs.” IfsKnowsNeedsIndividualSocialTalkingIssuesEconomicPolicyPoliticianCostIslamScreensSmokeJustifyForeign PolicyTopicsSpotlightInefficiencyEconomic Issues Author:Tariq Ramadan
“The nature of the state is one thing, but there are other major challenges - what it will take to tackle the issues of social corruption, for example, social justice, and the economic system - and what are the future challenges when it comes to equality between the citizens, in particular in the field of the job market and equal opportunity for men and for women? This is at the centre of the question that is the Arab Awakening.” MenStatesJobsOpportunitySocialChallengesJusticeIssuesOne ThingEconomicExampleFieldsParticularCitizensEqualMajorsSocial JusticeCorruptionAwakeningCentreEconomic SystemsEqual Opportunity Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I think we are making a mistake, a very big mistake if we look at what we call the Arab Awakening only by looking at the whole dynamics in political and not in economic terms.” IfsThinkingLooksWholeBigsPoliticalTermMistakeEconomicAwakeningMaking MistakesDynamicsBig Mistake Author:Tariq Ramadan
“The Turkish road is not my model because I am critical of the way you are dealing with freedom of expression, of how you are dealing with the treatment of minorities, and your economic vision.” WayVisionEconomicExpressionModelsCriticalMinoritiesTreatmentFreedom Of ExpressionTurkish Author:Tariq Ramadan
“The problem with Salafis is that they are religiously sincere and politically naïve. And they allow themselves to be supported by people who have no religious sincerity but who are politically very smart, especially when it comes to their economic interests.” PeopleProblemInterestReligiousEconomicSmartSincereSincerityVery Smart Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I don't like this vision that Turkey is successful because it is as successful as the western powers in economic terms. But I do think they are trying to find a new space in the multi-polar world, and this is what I am advocating. I don't think that Muslims have an alternative model.” ThinkingWorldTryingTermSpaceVisionSuccessfulEconomicModelsWesternAlternativesTurkeysAdvocating Author:Tariq Ramadan
“An 'Islamic economy' or 'Islamic finance' doesn't mean anything to me. But I do think that in the multi-polar world, it is time to find new partners, to find a new balance in the economic order. And this could help you to find an alternative way forward.” ThinkingWorldWayMeanHelpingOrderEconomyEconomicBalancePartnersFinanceAlternativesIslamicWay ForwardEconomic Order Author:Tariq Ramadan
“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.” KnowsShouldPoliticalEconomicInvolvedArmyAdministrationPolitical PowerEgyptianEconomic Power Author:Tariq Ramadan
“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.” WantLongCountryStatesProblemAmericaOrderUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyEconomicExampleIslamWesternCapitalistUnited States Of AmericaPromotingMonarchyEconomic SystemsIslamistsEconomic Order Author:Tariq Ramadan
“The BRIC countries - Brazil, India, China, Turkey, South Africa, Indonesia even, and Russia - are now new actors. Over the last eight years, China multiplied by seven its economic presence and penetration in the Middle East. And if this happens on economic terms and there is a shift towards the East, the relationship between these countries and Israel is completely different from the United States. And it means that the challenges are going to be different, because China is not supporting Israel the way the U.S. are supporting Israel.” IfsWayYearsMeanDifferentCountryStatesHappensLastsActorsTermChallengesUnitedUnited StatesEconomicMiddleIndiaSouthSevenIsraelChinaEightEastRussiaMiddle EastSouth AfricaTurkeysIndonesiaBrazilPenetrationBrics Author:Tariq Ramadan
“As Muslims, our interests are our values. In any society, be it in Western or Muslim-majority countries, our duty is that of critical loyalty: Staying loyal to our countries by always being critically engaged in the name of the principles of justice, equality and human brotherhood. We should be the ethical and moral voice wherever we are by saying that, even though we understand economic and geo-strategic interests, we cannot accept a violation of these principles by any society.” ShouldHumansCountryValuesNamesVoiceInterestJusticeAcceptingMoralPrinciplesEconomicDutyMajorityWesternCriticalLoyaltyOur CountryEngagedStayingEthicalBrotherhoodLoyalViolationStrategicJustice Equality Author:Tariq Ramadan
“The singularity of Islam is its universality. As American citizens and as Muslims, you need to show there is something specific, namely our moral singularity. We believe there is one God and this one God is pushing us to reach universal values by liberating ourselves from our ego and by serving humanity. We must be involved in this by all means necessary, in a nonviolent way, through the legal, media, economic and cultural systems. We cannot achieve this if there is no courage, if we are not ready to sacrifice.” IfsWayNeedsBelieveMeanShowsValuesHumanityMoralSacrificeEconomicAchieveMediaReadyCitizensInvolvedEgoUniversalIslamPushingServingLiberatingNot ReadyAmerican CitizensSingularityUniversality Author:Tariq Ramadan
“True Sufism is resistance: spiritual, intellectual, social, cultural, political and economic resistance. It cannot be, for sure, supporting dictators.” SpiritualPoliticalSocialEconomicIntellectualResistanceSufismDictator Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Every country in Europe needs immigrants for its economic survival.” NeedsCountryEconomicSurvivalEuropeImmigrants Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Tunisia's responsibility, and especially that of its political and intellectual elites, is enormous. All the protagonists of the nation's social, cultural, economic and political life must work to overcome useless and counterproductive polarisation, and to find solutions to domestic, regional and international problems.” ProblemPoliticalNationsSocialResponsibilityEconomicIntellectualSolutionsOvercomingInternationalEnormousUselessElitesProtagonistsPolitical LifeCounterproductiveTunisia Author:Tariq Ramadan
“No one must ever let power or social, economic, or political interest turn him or her away from other human beings, from the attention they deserve and the respect they are entitled to. nothing must ever lead to a person to compromise this principle or faith in favor of a political strategy aimed at saving or protecting a community from some peril. The freely offered, sincere heart of a poor, powerless individual is worth a thousand times more in the sight of God than the assiduously courted, self-interested heart of a rich one.” HumansHeartPersonsSelfPoliticalTurnsIndividualSocialInterestCommunityHuman BeingsPoorAttentionPrinciplesRichEconomicThousandDeserveSightStrategyFavorsCompromiseSavingSincereEntitledPowerlessPerilSincere Heart Author:Tariq Ramadan
