“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 problem, once again, as in all sciences is the attitude of the mind that is dealing with whatever field. The problem is not philosophy but the lack of intellectual humility. It is when reason becomes arrogant that we lose track. But intellectual humility with science: this is spirituality - this is the way we are with God. So we should not be scared and we must reconcile ourselves.” WayShouldMindReasonPhilosophyProblemSpiritualityLosesAttitudeFieldsHumilityIntellectualTrackScaredArrogantReconcileIntellectual Humility Author:Tariq Ramadan
“When I came here [to Malaysia] I heard that there is a problem with the concept of pluralism whereby pluralism is understood in a very narrow way, which I think is wrong. This is not to diminish your sense of truth in what you believe but to acknowledge the fact that we live in a world where we need to deal with pluralism. It's a fact.” ThinkingWorldWayNeedsBelieveFactsProblemDealsHeardUnderstoodConceptsAcknowledgeDiminishPluralismMalaysiaPluralism Is Author:Tariq Ramadan
“If we agree to say that those terrorists are indeed Muslim, I have no problem whatsoever to condemn their actions. I won't apologise though, or justify my point of view.” IfsProblemActionViewsAgreePoint Of ViewTerroristJustifyNo Problem Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I wrote a call to the contemporary Muslim conscience, saying to the ordinary people that we might not like the video or the cartoons, but that violence certainly isn't the right answer. I don't think laws are going to solve the problem.” PeopleThinkingProblemMightLawAnswersViolenceOrdinaryConscienceSolveVideoContemporaryCartoonOrdinary PeopleRight Answers 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
“The problem with what we call the 'Arab spring' is that these are very nationalistic experiences. Tunisians are concerned with Tunisia, Egyptians concerned with Egypt and so on.” ProblemSpringConcernedEgyptArab SpringNationalisticTunisia Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Drafting of the constitutions is interesting and the discussions around them revealing in many ways. I take it as a discussion of very important symbols revealing many different problems. My take at the beginning was to warn that Tunisia might be the only successful country, the only one to justify us in talking about the spring, while all the other countries were less successful, if not failing. Now the point is that even in Tunisia it is not going to be easy, and this is where we have a problem.” IfsWayImportantDifferentCountryProblemMightEasyInterestingTalkingSuccessfulFailingSpringConstitutionSymbolsDiscussionJustifyOther CountriesRevealingDraftingTunisia Author:Tariq Ramadan
“The problem is that the constitution should have been and was an opportunity, exactly as Moncef Marzouki tried to do, to bring together the secularists and Islamists.” ShouldHas BeensProblemTogetherOpportunityShould HaveConstitutionShould Have BeenIslamists 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
“This is the problem we have with many Muslim leaders: They claim to differentiate between domestic and foreign issues and they are obsessed with being accepted, at sitting at the table of power in order to talk (or rather to listen) and to be tolerated. This is the starting point of our weakness. It is in our minds because we do not realize we are part of the system.” MindProblemOrderRealizingLeaderIssuesWeaknessSittingClaimsTablesStartingAcceptedObsessedStarting PointDifferentiateBeing Accepted Author:Tariq Ramadan
“There is a Sufi trend, a madhabi Sufi trend, and I don't have any problem with this. What is not acceptable is that, first, some scholars are trying to show to the audience that they are open to other trends. However, when it comes to the retreat or the panels, they don't want to be with some of us because they are scared of being exposed.” WantTryingFirstsShowsProblemAudienceScaredTrendsExposedAcceptableScholarRetreatSufi 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
“We fail when we try to give simple answers to complicated problems.” GivingTryingProblemSimpleAnswersFailingComplicated Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Islam has no problem with women, but Muslims do clearly appear to have serious problems with them” ProblemSeriousIslamNo ProblemMuslimViolence Against Women Book:What I Believe Source: What I Believe
