Criticizing to destroy is easy, thinking in order to build is much more difficult to achieve Tariq Ramadan More Quotes by Tariq Ramadan More Quotes From 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. Tariq Ramadan laughing mean people The philosophical connection between the Islamic world and the West is much closer than I thought. Doubt did not begin with Descartes. We have this construction today that the West and Islam are entirely separate worlds. This is wrong. Tariq Ramadan philosophical islamic doubt I have learned that one should say "Peace!" to those who shout their hatred for one's being and presence or at one's passage. Tariq Ramadan i-have-learned hatred should The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time. Tariq Ramadan atheist real order We have to reconcile ourselves with philosophical questions in every field. Every field should be open to inquiry and knowledge. Tariq Ramadan inquiry philosophical fields In my book Radical Reform I made it clear that we cannot talk about the environment or ecology if we don't also deal with the economy. There is a direct link between how we deal with the economy and how we deal with nature. Tariq Ramadan reform links book When terrorism is directly aiming at Western countries, it is automatically and abnormally enlarged in order to instill emotions and fear. However, when attacks happen in the Middle East, is it conveniently downplayed and less talked about. Unless they would benefit more from a heavy coverage. Tariq Ramadan middle-east order country My experience of living with people of diverse religions and cultures taught me that one will never be at peace with the other if one is at war with oneself. Tariq Ramadan war culture people Even the concept of the infidel is misleading, because the infidel is normally someone with a different faith, someone who refuses to recognize the truth of the words of the Koran, as revealed by God. He has every right to do so, as long as he does not question my right to believe in my truth. Tariq Ramadan doe long believe I am not a politician. I have often been approached in this regard, but I have always declined these sorts of offers. I view myself as an independent, critical intellectual, as someone who tries to stimulate thought on the left and the right, to encourage intellectual evolution. Tariq Ramadan independent intellectual views "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. Tariq Ramadan two mean people I'm not talking about reforming #Islam..it is to reform the #Muslim minds & the Muslim understandings of the texts. Tariq Ramadan understanding mind talking Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know Tariq Ramadan modesty intellectual humility You're asking me how not to doubt. Good question.My answer is, you can't. This is life Tariq Ramadan good-questions asking doubt Man is certainly free, but he is responsible for this freedom before God as before men. This responsibility is inevitably moral. In order of this morality, to be free is to protect the freedom of others and their dignities. Tariq Ramadan responsibility men order The challenge for Muslims in America is to respect the fears of ordinary people while resisting the exploitation of those fears by political parties, lobbies and sectors of the media. To meet this challenge, Muslims must reassess their own involvement, behavior and contributions in American society. Tariq Ramadan media party america Acknowledged differences may create mutual respect, but hazy misunderstandings bring forth nothing but prejudice and rejection. Tariq Ramadan rejection prejudice differences We have to be the media when media is silent Tariq Ramadan silent media Serve humanity, regardless of religion. Show solidarity for those suffering and oppressed. Tariq Ramadan solidarity suffering humanity The universality of Islam is not uniformity, it is unity with diversity. Tariq Ramadan unity diversity islam
