A good Muslim is not one who is strictest in his judgment, but who is most patient in listening. Tariq Ramadan More Quotes by Tariq Ramadan More Quotes From Tariq Ramadan We must re-center philosophy within our frame of reference which I think is the way to deal with it. Tariq Ramadan philosophy way thinking We integrate the good wherever we find it. Tariq Ramadan integrating Criticizing to destroy is easy, thinking in order to build is much more difficult to achieve Tariq Ramadan criticism order thinking I opposed the Fatwa against Salman Rushdie. I read the book and took a critical distance. I did not think The Satanic Verses is a blasphemous book. I did not consider the book as being a great read, but as an intellectual I read, I assess, and I respond. I make a difference between true freedom of expression to which we owe a response and provocation, which we ignore. Tariq Ramadan distance book thinking The Truth does not belong to you, you belong to the Truth. Tariq Ramadan truth-is islam doe Intellect is a part of a good faith. Intellect is the light, the heart is the direction. Tariq Ramadan light faith heart Advertising, music, atmospheres, subliminal messages and films can have an impact on our emotional life, and we cannot control it because we are not even conscious of it. Tariq Ramadan atmosphere impact emotional 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. Tariq Ramadan sides people world When we begin to look around us, to observe individuals and societies, and to study philosophies and religions, we realize that our loneliness is shared. Our solitude is plural, and our singularity is the similarity between us. Tariq Ramadan solitude loneliness philosophy Nature is telling us that if you don't respect the environment then you are living with artificial needs and a consumerism that is destroying the very conditions we need to survive. Tariq Ramadan destroying environment needs Ramadan is, in its essence, a month of humanist spirituality. Tariq Ramadan ramadan months essence The nature of the state is one thing, but there are other major challenges - what it will take to tackle the issues of social corruption, for example, social justice, and the economic system - and what are the future challenges when it comes to equality between the citizens, in particular in the field of the job market and equal opportunity for men and for women? This is at the centre of the question that is the Arab Awakening. Tariq Ramadan opportunity jobs men Freedom of expression is not absolute. Countries have laws that define the framework for exercising this right and which, for instance, condemn racist language. Tariq Ramadan expression exercise country When Manuel Valls says there's nothing to understand because "understanding is justifying," he echoes back to Georges W Bush's logic in 2001. When François Hollande says "they are attacking us because of who we are," what does it say about victims in Mali, Baghdad, Ivory Coast or Turkey? Tariq Ramadan ivory turkeys echoes I think many thinkers and activists, even in the Islamist parties like the Muslim Brotherhood, and the people who left the Muslim Brotherhood to follow Abou el-Fatouh, these people do have an understanding that the relationship between religion and the state must be re-thought and re-assessed. They're not going to use the concept of secularism in any straightforward way, because the concept of secularism is still far too loaded in that part of the world. Tariq Ramadan party people thinking 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. Tariq Ramadan islamic humility thinking We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment. Tariq Ramadan mastery fasting giving We fail when we try to give simple answers to complicated problems. Tariq Ramadan simple trying giving Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort. Tariq Ramadan consistency effort humility 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. Tariq Ramadan islam ends believe
