“We want to tell people how great Islam is yet we are not great Muslims.” PeopleWantIslam 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
“What we also need to have a discussion on the philosophy of art: so we must ask what is it that we want in the first place? Is it just about saying and doing whatever you want, or is it about something more? We should let the artist be free, but we must also question how exactly he deals with freedom. Is it arts for elevation or arts for destruction? Is there dignity in the process?” WantNeedsShouldFirstsArtPhilosophyArtistAsksProcessDealsDignityDestructionDiscussionElevationSaying And Doing Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I am dealing with people with both sides. I see people who are liberating themselves but they want to forget the world. And I see people who want to liberate the world but they forget themselves. Neither is the way I want to go.” PeopleWorldWayWantSidesForgetBoth SidesLiberatingDealing With PeopleForget The World 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
“Part of the French political class is realising that there is are large number of Muslim people coming from the ghettos who want to make themselves heard, politically, especially about foreign policy issues. Its electoral weight can bring back to the forefront the Palestinian issue.” PeopleWantPoliticalNumbersClassIssuesHeardPolicyWeightRealisingForeign PolicyPalestinianGhettoLarge Numbers Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I keep on repeating something told to me by an American psychologist: "When you are making a joke about someone and you are the only one to laugh, it is not a joke. It is a joke only for yourself." If people are making a joke they have the right to laugh at me but I will ignore them. Ignoring doesn't mean that you don't understand. You understand it so much that you don't want to react.” PeopleIfsWantMeanLaughingJokesPsychologist Author:Tariq Ramadan
“No one can deny that some Islamist groups have credential and popularity. But that does not mean they are a majority. If we are serious about democracy we cannot blame the people for choosing what they want. We must promote the kinds of procedures and processes that are helping the people move ahead.” PeopleIfsWantKindMeanDoeHelpingMovingProcessDemocracyGroupsSeriousBlameMajorityDenyPopularityProceduresMoving AheadIslamists Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Those young ones who want to try military jihad are facing a triple issue. First of all, they are missing the point when it comes to understanding what there is at stake from a political viewpoint. How come so many of them are going to Syria and so few to Palestine, even though, when it comes to symbolism, Palestine definitively wins.Then, it is essential to understand that it is not a religious matter. Finally, let's not forget about the recruiters behind their screens. Those ones are quite skillful and well-supported financially.” WantTryingFirstsWellsMatterYoungPoliticalWinningUnderstandingReligiousForgetBehindsIssuesMilitaryMissingEssentialsScreensStakesSyriaPalestineSymbolismViewpointsSkillfulJihadPolitical ViewYoung Ones 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
“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
“There must be a very clear understanding that you cannot work for peace if you are not ready to struggle. And this is the very meaning of jihad: to manage your intention to get your inner peace when it comes to the spiritual journey. In our society, that means face injustice and hypocrisy, face the dictators, the exploiters, the oppressors if you want to free the oppressed, if you want peace based on justice.” IfsWantMeanFacesSpiritualUnderstandingJusticeStruggleClearJourneyReadyIntentionInjusticeInner PeaceManageHypocrisyOur SocietyDictatorOppressedOppressorsNot ReadySpiritual JourneyJihadVery Mean 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
“I want the American Muslims to tell the leaders what they are telling me all the time. I want this internal debate to happen and the Muslims cannot just criticize the leadership without being involved. At the end of the day, you have the leadership you deserve.” WantEndsHappensLeaderInvolvedDeserveDebateThe End Of The DayInternalsCriticize Author:Tariq Ramadan
“If you want to have a good life, never forget that you are going to die” IfsWantDiesForgetNever ForgetGood Life Author:Tariq Ramadan
