There is dignity in your being even if there's indignity in what you're doing. Tariq Ramadan More Quotes by Tariq Ramadan More Quotes From Tariq Ramadan The universality of Islam is not uniformity, it is unity with diversity. Tariq Ramadan unitydiversityislam If there is a smoke, there is a fire, the saying goes, That is quite true, but one should find what the fire is, and who lit it. Tariq Ramadan litshouldfire There is no faith, without a critical mind Tariq Ramadan criticalmind The dogmatic and, therefore, invulnerable core in Islam is understandably simple: acknowledgement of faith, prayer, charity and fasting. Almost everything else is open to interpretation and modification in space and time. Tariq Ramadan spacesimpleprayer The suicide bomber who blows up Israeli children cannot transform himself into a martyr. The Palestinian problem is not an Islamic problem. Tariq Ramadan islamicsuicidechildren Prayer is better than to sleep. Wake up. Wake up & pray. This is the way you free yourself. Tariq Ramadan wake-upprayersleep And the crowd often betrayed the people Tariq Ramadan crowdsbetrayedpeople We have to be very cautious not to accept the scam of polarization we see in the media. It is not in fact between secularists and Islamists, it is a battle within the Islamic reference. Tariq Ramadan islamicmediabattle Pushing the limits, to be thought provoking, pushing people to think and question the limits, it's not always bad for the rules if you're confident because it can even strengthen your understanding of religion in the process. Tariq Ramadan thought-provokingpeoplethinking I wrote a call to the contemporary Muslim conscience, saying to the ordinary people that we might not like the video or the cartoons, but that violence certainly isn't the right answer. I don't think laws are going to solve the problem. Tariq Ramadan lawpeoplethinking You can be a very charitable capitalist. Like [Nicola] Sarkozy was saying, we have to 'moralise capitalism', which for me is a contradiction in terms. Tariq Ramadan charitablecontradictionterm The BRIC countries - Brazil, India, China, Turkey, South Africa, Indonesia even, and Russia - are now new actors. Over the last eight years, China multiplied by seven its economic presence and penetration in the Middle East. And if this happens on economic terms and there is a shift towards the East, the relationship between these countries and Israel is completely different from the United States. And it means that the challenges are going to be different, because China is not supporting Israel the way the U.S. are supporting Israel. Tariq Ramadan meancountryyears For me, equal citizenship for Muslims, Christians, Jews, Atheists and Agnostics is an indisputable principle. Whoever you are, you should get the same rights with no discussion and no compromise. Tariq Ramadan atheistrightschristian IS [Islamic State] has played a major role in helping Bashar al-Assad to reposition Syria on the international scene. Now, it is almost impossible to come up with a solution that would exclude him. The political game appears to be very cynical indeed. Tariq Ramadan islamicpoliticalgames We need to acknowledge that there is a real issue with how the Scriptures are being interpreted. Whenever I am told that terrorists are not Muslim, I systematically reply that they actually are, and they cannot be marginalised, the same way they are marginalising other Muslim people. Scriptures are quoted even though their interpretations are twisted. In the face of misinterpretation the only way out would be using another interpretation of the Scriptures. Tariq Ramadan issuesrealpeople The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning. Tariq Ramadan reconciliationprocessself The strength of democratic societies relies on their capacity to know how to stand firm against extremism while respecting justice in the means used to fight terrorism. Tariq Ramadan fightingjusticemean If Barack Obama was to say Egypt, with the Muslim Brotherhood, is an ally, he's going to be destroyed here by, you know, the opposition saying, "How come you can say that the Islamists are your ally when these people are the same who are Hamas, and Hamas is against Israel?" It's the end of it. So he's saying, "We are just wait and see; we are trying to deal." Tariq Ramadan egyptisraelpeople Being Muslim has become synonymous with pointed questions, with tension and mistrust, even with conflict. It has become a global phenomenon with profound consequences for inter-communal relations, political rhetoric and policies at the local, regional, national and international level. Tariq Ramadan levelspoliticalprofound I am too old to think that numbers are creating change Tariq Ramadan creatingnumbersthinking
