Tariq Ramadan Quotes

How can someone like Alain Juppé still claim I haven't condemned the Paris and Brussels attacks, when I actually have. What I am saying is crystal clear.

I am portrayed as a dangerous individual who can be fought thanks to their ideas.

For me I made it clear that I wanted to meet with both sides of the political spectrum.

I don't think we should take the emotional reactions of a few people as more representative than those of the millions of people who took to the street in a non-violent way against dictators.

The point for me is people who are atheists or are coming from different religious traditions; they are coming from their own sources and specific roots. We should analyze these.

Nevertheless, I have no political agenda whatsoever, even though some might think the contrary.

Politics is mainly about interests. As Muslim citizens, we understand these interests but we should put principles and dignity beyond everything.

You can't have anything happening today within the petro-monarchies, is going to be too risky for the United States and the oil interests there.

I understand the need to serve the community by talking about marriage or halal food. But you should also lead with vision, wisdom and courage.

Populism is everywhere. We have religious populism in the Muslim-majority countries as much as we have populism in the United States of America.

Saying that the origin of the Islamic State (IS) is within the Muslim Brotherhood organisation only strengthens IS.

There are certain things that we cannot understand, like why we pray five times a day, for example. But the fact that we choose to pray is understandable.

There is the philosophy embedded in the culture we are living. It is quite clear for example that Arabs have a different culture than Malaysians.

The problem is that the constitution should have been and was an opportunity, exactly as Moncef Marzouki tried to do, to bring together the secularists and Islamists.

I want to be an activist professor.

Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur.

Many times I have asked Muslim women not to nurture the victim mentality. stand up for your rights

The message of Islam asks you to be intellectually, spiritually, socially, and politically independent

Muslims must decide, lest they end up divided by the very religion that calls upon them to unite.

Islam, as a religion, has been established in France for a long time, and the religious question has been resolved in this country. Islam does not threaten France's future in any way.

The logic of freedom of religion implies freedom to be an atheist, even though, from a historical perspective, this has not been accepted in the Muslim world.

The world is a complex place, and the influence of the media in its representation and its power of communication and interpretation is a remarkable amplifier of emotions, and of illusions.

South Africa never leaves one indifferent. Its history, its population, its landscapes and cultures - all speak to the visitor, to the student, to the friend of Africa.