“Emancipation can only come from within; it cannot be dictated by someone else. A law banning the wearing of headscarves changes nothing, except perhaps external appearance. Naturally, Islamic feminism must also include the right to education, to work and the freedom to select one's own husband.” LawFeminismHusbandAppearanceIslamicSelectEmancipationExternal AppearanceHeadscarves Author:Tariq Ramadan
“The suicide bomber who blows up Israeli children cannot transform himself into a martyr. The Palestinian problem is not an Islamic problem.” ChildrenProblemSuicideBlowIslamicPalestinianMartyrIsraeliBombersSuicide Bombers Author:Tariq Ramadan
“The Islamic world is obsessed with the notion of strong leaders. This is a mistake. We don't need powerful leaders, but rather unconventional, progressive thinkers with the courage to open our minds.” WorldNeedsMindStrongPowerfulMistakeLeaderNotionObsessedIslamicProgressiveThinkerUnconventionalPowerful LeadersStrong Leaders Author:Tariq Ramadan
“We need to deal with three things that are important: first, we need a very deep reconsideration of how we are dealing with the economy. Second, there must be a very deep reconsideration of our way of life. We cannot simply adopt American-style consumer culture. To Islamize that is to de-Islamize Islam.Thirdly, it is important for us to understand the economy and the environment are common challenges for everyone. This is where the singularity of Islamic principles needs to join the universal values that we share with others.” WayNeedsFirstsImportantValuesCultureThreeChallengesDealsCommonPrinciplesEconomyEnvironmentShareStyleUniversalIslamConsumersIslamicThree ThingsVery DeepSingularityConsumer CultureReconsideration Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I have never, so far, in all the studies I have done, met a contradiction between what the human, experimental and natural sciences are telling us and the Islamic rules. In fact, the opposite is true: anything that is coming from the modern sciences is helping me better understand the text. It's not a contradiction. It's a relation.” HumansDoneFactsHelpingNaturalStudyModernMetsOppositesRelationIslamicContradictionModern ScienceNatural Science Author:Tariq Ramadan
“We always think from where we come from. We always think from the sources that shape our understanding. I think about the world through the lens of my Islamic tradition. I accept this but I must also have intellectual humility.” ThinkingWorldUnderstandingAcceptingHumilitySourceShapesIntellectualTraditionIslamicLensesWhere We ComeIntellectual Humility Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I'm working on different fields. One of my next books Insha'Allah will be a novel because it's important to explore the heart and imagination, the spiritual side. I've been working for twenty five years in the legal field and now I'm reaching what I want, which is an Islamic applied ethics and I'm also dealing with Muslims in the West.” WantYearsHeartImportantBookDifferentSpiritualNextSidesImaginationNovelFiveFieldsEthicsTwentiesWestIslamicFive YearsReachingTwenty Five Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Saying that the origin of the Islamic State (IS) is within the Muslim Brotherhood organisation only strengthens IS. This is what the Israeli government asserts when claiming that Hamas and IS are the exact same thing. By saying so, the historical resistance [against the Israeli occupation] is viewed as unlawful, called extremism and terrorism.” StatesGovernmentHistoricalTerrorismResistanceIslamicOccupationBrotherhoodIsraeliExtremismOrganisationHamasIslamic StateUnlawfulMuslim BrotherhoodIsraeli Occupation Author:Tariq Ramadan
“IS [Islamic State] has played a major role in helping Bashar al-Assad to reposition Syria on the international scene. Now, it is almost impossible to come up with a solution that would exclude him. The political game appears to be very cynical indeed.” StatesHelpingPoliticalGamesRolesImpossibleSceneMajorsSolutionsInternationalCome UpIslamicAlsCynicalSyriaAssadIslamic StatePolitical GamesBashar Al Assad Author:Tariq Ramadan
“The fact that this organisation is called the Islamic State reveals something even deeper. In fact, it implies that every single Islamist party in Egypt, Iraq or Tunisia are not really representing Islam and Muslim people. Nowadays, political Islam is going through a crisis, however this crisis is necessary, for it will lead to a changing way of thinking. In order to make it out of this dead-end, reviewing political Islam becomes mandatory.” PeopleThinkingWayEndsStatesFactsPoliticalOrderPartyCrisisIslamIraqDeeperIslamicEgyptWay Of ThinkingOrganisationRepresentingDead EndsIslamistsIslamic StateTunisia Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Saying that I am talking out of both sides of my mouth just proves my very point. Politicians would bypass real social issues by referring to my grandfather, who founded the Muslim Brotherhood, or to my brother, currently chairman of the Islamic Centre in Geneva.” RealSocialSidesTalkingIssuesBrotherPoliticianProveMouthsMy BrotherIslamicBrotherhoodGrandfatherCentreBoth SidesSocial IssuesMy GrandfatherChairmanReferringBypassGenevaMuslim Brotherhood Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I focus on Islamic applied ethics in many fields, and here I am saying that coming back to the Qu'ran and the sunnah as our reference point does not mean that we depend for our ethics on 'Islam as opposed to the others'.” MeanDoeFocusFieldsDependsEthicsIslamRanIslamicComing BackHere I AmSunnah Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I look to Islamic ethics to find something that can provide the basis for shared values with other traditions, and ultimately universal values. This ties into the point I made in a book, 'The Quest for Meaning', that the only way for values to be universal is if they are shared universal values. My main point is, in this quest for value the aim is not to express your distinctness from others, but about being able to contribute to the discussion of universal value.” IfsWayLooksMadeBookAbleValuesEthicsTraditionUniversalBasesAimDiscussionTiesIslamicQuestsShared Values Author:Tariq Ramadan
“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.” FactsAcceptingMediaBattleIslamicCautiousIslamistsScamsPolarization Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Saying that the origin of the Islamic State (IS) is within the Muslim Brotherhood organisation only strengthens IS.” StatesIslamicBrotherhoodOrganisationIslamic StateMuslim Brotherhood Author:Tariq Ramadan
“In fact all the Islamists, that is the reformists not the Salafis, now they all say that they want a civil state, a civil state with Islamic reference points. They are not talking about an Islamic state, or sharia in the way this was once understood in the fight against the colonisers, or just afterwards in the 70's, 80's and 90's.” WayWantStatesFactsFightingTalkingUnderstoodIslamicNot TalkingIslamistsIslamic StateSharia 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
“In the Muslim-majority countries you can't do without Islam, we can't do without their culture, in which way they are going to come back to this Islamic reference to find a way to deal with the true challenges and not the superficial political questions.” WayCountryPoliticalCultureChallengesDealsMajorityIslamIslamicSuperficial Author:Tariq Ramadan
“The philosophical connection between the Islamic world and the West is much closer than I thought. Doubt did not begin with Descartes. We have this construction today that the West and Islam are entirely separate worlds. This is wrong.” WorldTodayDoubtConnectionsPhilosophicalWestIslamIslamicConstruction Author:Tariq Ramadan
“In sha Allah, God willing, must be the expression of humility of the active actors and it must never be the justification of the passive observers” InspirationalBelieveGodFaithActorsBeliefReligiousHumilityWillingExpressionPhilosopherHumbleActiveGods WillIslamicTrust In GodJustificationPassiveObserversMuslimCommitment To GodConfidence In GodGod Within Us Author:Tariq Ramadan
“There is nothing more Islamic than critical thinking.” ThinkingCriticalIslamicCritical Thinking Author:Tariq Ramadan
“The discriminations that are found in the Muslim majority countries are more Cultural than Islamic. .... I have always said to the Muslim women, please do not nurture the victim mentality. Stand up for your rights.” SaidCountryFoundRightsPleaseVictimMajorityDiscriminationIslamicMentalityNurtureVictim MentalityMuslim Women Author:Tariq Ramadan
