Jihadists are acting against the interests of every single country. Tariq Ramadan More Quotes by Tariq Ramadan More Quotes From Tariq Ramadan One would love nonetheless to know how to be a man, how to be a woman before God, in the mirror of one's own conscience, in the looks of those who surround us. One would wish to find the strength to beautify one's thoughts and to purify one's heart. It is everyone's hope and expectation to live in serenity and to plod along in transparency: the palms of the hands patiently directed towards heaven, at the heart of all this modernity. Tariq Ramadan mirrorsheartmen In its haste to bolster nationalism, in its obsession with security, Europe is losing its soul. Tariq Ramadan hastesouleurope Because ethics is fundamentally about questioning the ends, the goals and aims of our actions, we must come back to the rules and ask why. So we must return to the philosophy of law, the raison d'etre and the point of what we're asked to do. It's not easy, it's very demanding and it needs intellectual courage. Tariq Ramadan goallawphilosophy History is replete with ideologies of freedom, justice, liberation of the downtrodden and the exploited, that have been turned against the very people they had mobilised, or that have reproduced the same logic of exclusion and terror toward those whom they claimed to set free. Tariq Ramadan exclusionjusticepeople Our democratic societies are in danger. In allowing ourselves to be infiltrated by fear, to be blinded by the passion of identity, we are entertaining the most serious illusions about our freedom. Tariq Ramadan passionseriousidentity We must delve deep into history the better to engage a true dialogue of civilisations. Fear of the present can impose upon the past its own biased vision. Tariq Ramadan dialoguevisionpast If you look at how we are destroying and disrespecting Creation it is obvious that is something is not clear in our understanding. We overemphasize rules but we don't understand the objective. Tariq Ramadan creationunderstandinglooks The question about the Salafi is an important question as I say in Arab Awakening, and have often repeated since. I am really underlining the importance of this, because we really don't have very good memories. Remember - the Taliban in Afghanistan were not at all politicised in the beginning. They were just on about education. And then they were pushed by the Saudi and the Americans to be against the Russian colonisation, and as a result they came to be politicised. Tariq Ramadan awakeningimportantmemories If we agree to say that those terrorists are indeed Muslim, I have no problem whatsoever to condemn their actions. I won't apologise though, or justify my point of view. Tariq Ramadan problemviewsaction Do not respond to attacks with attacks. Respond with Mercy & Respect Tariq Ramadan mercy Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends. Tariq Ramadan emotionalpoliticalmindset Drafting of the constitutions is interesting and the discussions around them revealing in many ways. I take it as a discussion of very important symbols revealing many different problems. My take at the beginning was to warn that Tunisia might be the only successful country, the only one to justify us in talking about the spring, while all the other countries were less successful, if not failing. Now the point is that even in Tunisia it is not going to be easy, and this is where we have a problem. Tariq Ramadan successfulspringcountry The collective psychology is something very close to being sacred - we can do it but we don't do it. We should understand that the Holocaust in the European conscience is reaching a point which is very close to what is sacred for people in the Southern countries, whether they are Muslims or not. Because of that we need to try to have intellectual empathy. Tariq Ramadan holocaustcountrypeople 51% of the French people - who are not very religious - were thinking that what "Charlie Hebdo" did was unwise. They aren't asking for a law to prevent Charlie Hebdo from publishing caricatures, but they are calling on its editors to be a bit more sensible. Tariq Ramadan charlie-hebdoreligiousthinking It's okay to feel the need for protection if there is a real external threat. But to feel protective from the inside, it's a kind of jail: you get so protective that you cannot get out of the box. Tariq Ramadan jailrealneeds We want to tell people how great Islam is yet we are not great Muslims. Tariq Ramadan islamwantpeople Terror will crash down on us if we fail to understand that a pluralistic society requires the personal and daily commitment of every citizen. Tariq Ramadan failingcitizenscommitment There is dignity in your being even if there's indignity in what you're doing. Tariq Ramadan indignitydignityifs There is a claim coming from the West that says that all art must be outside any moral consideration. I can understand this as a provocation, but I also believe that we can still have very profound creativity with a moral sense. Tariq Ramadan creativitybelieveart The problem, once again, as in all sciences is the attitude of the mind that is dealing with whatever field. The problem is not philosophy but the lack of intellectual humility. It is when reason becomes arrogant that we lose track. But intellectual humility with science: this is spirituality - this is the way we are with God. So we should not be scared and we must reconcile ourselves. Tariq Ramadan humilityattitudephilosophy
