“The strength of democratic societies relies on their capacity to know how to stand firm against extremism while respecting justice in the means used to fight terrorism.” KnowsMeanUsedFightingJusticeKnow HowCapacityDemocraticTerrorismFirmRelyExtremismDemocratic SocietyStand Firm Author:Tariq Ramadan
“If you know how to live, even death is good news” IfsKnowsKnow HowNewsGood News Author:Tariq Ramadan
“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.” KnowsWorldWantValuesSimpleCommonTalkingCitizensTruth IsDiversityMessagesEssenceFellowsWho You AreSimple Truths Author:Tariq Ramadan
“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
“When I am talking to people from Germany, we should know that there are certain things and certain histories that are very important for people. If you look at all the Muslims living in the West, they didn't react in a violent way. They don't like what they saw but they are citizens like you and me and they look at it and say: "This is a silly video but we are not going to react."” PeopleIfsKnowsWayShouldLooksImportantCertainTalkingSawsLike YouCitizensWestSillyViolentVideoGermany Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Still I have been invited I don't know how many times to Turkey, where Turkey has been following very quickly in the footsteps of what is sometimes referred to as the movement of cyber-dissidents. They have been training young people and also encouraging them to come into contact with western Muslims.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensStillsSometimesYoungKnow HowMovementTrainingWesternFollowingContactInvitedTurkeysFootstepsCyberDissidents Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Even after the whole democratization process, it's quite clear that the United States are not seen in a positive way in all the Muslim-majority countries - in Egypt, in Libya, even in Tunisia - even though we have now a kind of trying to be recognized as democrats by the Islamists who are running, you know, Tunisia and Egypt. But the popular sentiment is very, very negative.” KnowsWayTryingKindCountryStatesWholeRunningProcessUnitedUnited StatesClearNegativeMajorityDemocratSentimentsEgyptLibyaIslamistsDemocratizationTunisia Author:Tariq Ramadan
“What is irreversible in the Arab world is this intellectual revolution, the awakening that we can get rid of dictators. That is here, and the people have this sentiment and this political power. They feel that they can do it, and it's still there. At the same time, we don't know what is going to happen. So to be very quick by saying, "Oh, revolutions and Arab Spring," and - you know, what I'm advocating is to take a cautious optimism as the starting point of our analysis and to look at what is happening.” PeopleKnowsWorldFeelsLooksStillsHappensPoliticalCan DoRevolutionIntellectualSpringHappeningsOptimismStartingAwakeningAnalysisSentimentsDictatorCautiousStarting PointPolitical PowerAdvocatingIrreversibleArab WorldArab Spring Author:Tariq Ramadan
“If Barack Obama was to say Egypt, with the Muslim Brotherhood, is an ally, he's going to be destroyed here by, you know, the opposition saying, "How come you can say that the Islamists are your ally when these people are the same who are Hamas, and Hamas is against Israel?" It's the end of it. So he's saying, "We are just wait and see; we are trying to deal."” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingEndsWaitingDealsIsraelDestroyedBarackOppositionAlliesBrotherhoodEgyptHamasIslamistsMuslim Brotherhood 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 philosophy of fasting calls upon us to know ourselves, to master ourselves, and to discipline ourselves the better to free ourselves. To fast is to identify our dependencies, and free ourselves from them.” KnowsPhilosophyMastersDisciplineFastingDependency Author:Tariq Ramadan
“If people who cherish freedom, who know the importance of mutual respect and are aware of the imperative necessity to establish a constructive and critical debate, if these people are not ready to speak out, to be more committed and visible, then we can expect sad, painful tomorrows. The choice is ours.” PeopleIfsKnowsChoicesSpeakReadyTomorrowImportancePainfulCommittedCriticalDebateVisibleMutualCherishImperativesConstructiveNot ReadySpeaks OutMutual Respect Author:Tariq Ramadan
“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.” KnowsBelieveEndsI BelieveIslam Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know” KnowsHumilityIntellectualModestyIntellectual Humility Author:Tariq Ramadan
“One would love nonetheless to know how to be a man, how to be a woman before God, in the mirror of one's own conscience, in the looks of those who surround us. One would wish to find the strength to beautify one's thoughts and to purify one's heart. It is everyone's hope and expectation to live in serenity and to plod along in transparency: the palms of the hands patiently directed towards heaven, at the heart of all this modernity.” KnowsMenLooksHeartHandsHeavenWishKnow HowExpectationsConscienceMirrorsSurroundSerenityPalmsBe A ManTransparencyModernityHopes And Expectations Book:Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity Source: Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity
“One does not always know how to express the sorrow of the soul. One does not always know how to silence the joy of the heart.” KnowsHeartDoeSoulJoySilenceKnow HowSorrow Author:Tariq Ramadan
