“I don't buy anything which is Islamization of knowledge. I don't understand what it means in fact.” Quote by Tariq Ramadan
“The point for me is people who are atheists or are coming from different religious traditions; they are coming from their own sources and specific roots. We should analyze these.” PeopleShouldDifferentReligiousSourceTraditionRootsAtheistReligious Traditions 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
“To Islamize doesn't make sense to me. But to center, but to have intellectual empathy and modesty - all these dimensions are important on how we look at truth.” LooksImportantIntellectualEmpathyMake SenseDimensionsModesty 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
“Having traveled a lot and met people from different horizons it makes you more humble and ready to listen.” PeopleDifferentReadyMetsHumbleHorizonTraveled Author:Tariq Ramadan
“In my book, the Arab Awakening, I talk about the fact that we have to move from this. All the contemporary ideologies of political Islam have been based on the nation state. The nation state is very problematic but I'm not sure if we have an alternative political model.” IfsHas BeensBookStatesFactsMovingPoliticalNationsModelsIslamAwakeningContemporaryIdeologyAlternativesNot Sure Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Destroying the nation state are mainly three things: the global economy, global communication technology and global culture. And this is where we are lost in the process. What could be something that can provide us a transversal political sense of belonging? At the end of the day, without an alternative we end up with populism in the name of very narrow identities.” EndsStatesPoliticalCultureThreeNamesLostNationsProcessTechnologyEconomyIdentityCommunicationAlternativesThe End Of The DayBelongingDestroyingThree ThingsGlobal EconomyPopulismCommunication Technology Author:Tariq Ramadan
“We can think of solutions in various theoretical ways, but it's not so on the ground. If they don't have a reference that helps them to belong, then they will end up excluding, and through that they get to feel that they belong on the basis of some narrow identity, language or color.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsEndsHelpingLanguageIdentityColorSolutionsBasesVariousTheoretical Author:Tariq Ramadan
“"If we had not created a set of people against another the world would have been corrupt", and "against" here means two things: Against in the fact that they are challenging you with their diversity, challenging your intelligence and to challenge is not negative, it can be very positive depending on how you are challenged.” PeopleIfsWorldMeanHas BeensTwoFactsChallengesDiversityNegativeTwo ThingsVery Positive 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