Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know Tariq Ramadan More Quotes by Tariq Ramadan More Quotes From Tariq Ramadan Politics is mainly about interests. As Muslim citizens, we understand these interests but we should put principles and dignity beyond everything. Tariq Ramadan dignity citizens principles Now no one can deny the fact that whatever is the state of the affairs in the country, you did not have the army controlling the country and you have a pluralistic society anyway. Tariq Ramadan army country facts 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. Tariq Ramadan ghetto class numbers I think we are making a mistake, a very big mistake if we look at what we call the Arab Awakening only by looking at the whole dynamics in political and not in economic terms. Tariq Ramadan political mistake thinking I wanted to understand. I'm not here to support one, but I am here to criticize all, on a principled position. I very much value the position of counter power. I think this is where ethics should be, in front of power as I said in Radical Reform. The power of counter-power is very important. Tariq Ramadan support important thinking Saying that the origin of the Islamic State (IS) is within the Muslim Brotherhood organisation only strengthens IS. Tariq Ramadan islamic brotherhood states Things need to be properly named. Political confusion starts with terminology confusion. Islamism implies some sort of political and social plan for Muslim people. In that classification, we find different categories. Tariq Ramadan political confusion people Things need to be properly named. Political confusion starts with terminology confusion. Islamism implies some sort of political and social plan for Muslim people. In that classification, we find different categories. Legalist ones, traditional ones and revolutionary ones. Some of them are revolutionary but are non-violent, others are extremely violent. There are also the ones we call the literalists, like the Egyptian party Hizb al-Nour that used to be against democracy and now is getting into the political game. Tariq Ramadan party confusion games What you need to do is protect the structures and dynamics that are helping the people choose. The only thing that we can do is to respect the will of the people when it comes to majority processes. It is not for us to impose a model, it is not for us to impose answers to some critical questions. Tariq Ramadan majority people needs We should say to the West: "You have been supporting dictators for too many years. Don't expect the people to introduce democracy over night. It is going to take time." It took time with the French revolution, it took time with the Eastern European revolutions. And it is going to take time there. Tariq Ramadan night people years 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. Tariq Ramadan islamic fighting talking For me I made it clear that I wanted to meet with both sides of the political spectrum. Tariq Ramadan political made sides 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. Tariq Ramadan tunisia egypt spring What we have within the Sunni tradition is this clash between the literalists and all the other trends and the Salafi movement, that are very much acting on the ground and using the popular sentiment to act against the West. Tariq Ramadan trends movement acting Jihadists are acting against the interests of every single country. Tariq Ramadan interest acting country I don't like this vision that Turkey is successful because it is as successful as the western powers in economic terms. But I do think they are trying to find a new space in the multi-polar world, and this is what I am advocating. I don't think that Muslims have an alternative model. Tariq Ramadan turkeys successful thinking Muslim societies must leave behind these dual aspects: secularism/Islamism. Tariq Ramadan secularism aspect behinds Shaking up whole region means that Israel needs the US for its safety and military camps are "flourishing" everywhere in the Middle East. It has been said that Barack Obama is less interested in the Middle East. I don't think so. This mess has been created and maintained. Maybe the US is pretending to be less interested, however, it allows them to take their power back when it comes to security. Tariq Ramadan military mean thinking In 2012, those French Muslim people voted massively for Francois Hollande against Nicolas Sarkozy. With the results of elections getting even tighter, those votes can make the difference. I am obviously not in favour of a "community electorate," however, pressure is so great on them that I can easily understand how it can affect their votes. Tariq Ramadan differences community people Very often we talk about India and China, but not really Malaysia and Indonesia. The potential in the shift to the East is going to be great and very important for this country. Tariq Ramadan india important country
