31 Tariq Ramadan Quotes for You to Enjoy

Tariq Ramadan

Swiss Writer

Born: Aug 26, 1962

Fear Freedom History Life People Political

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If people who cherish freedom, who know the importance of mutual respect and are aware of the imperative necessity to establish a constructive and critical debate, if these people are not ready to speak out, to be more committed and visible, then we can expect sad, painful tomorrows. The choice is ours. Tariq Ramadan

Sad Freedom Respect People Speak Debate Visible Ours Out Critical Mutual Mutual Respect More Constructive Imperative Importance Know Ready Cherish Expect Committed Establish Then Choice Painful Who Aware Tomorrows Necessity

Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort. Tariq Ramadan

Truth Consistency Enough Humility Clarity Quest Effort Requires

Instead of looking outside of ourselves and counting potential enemies, fasting summons us to turn our glance inward, and to take the measure of our greatest challenge: the self, the ego, in our own eyes and as others see us. Tariq Ramadan

Eyes Ego Enemies Challenge Looking Own Others Our Ourselves See Potential Take Outside Self Glance Instead Counting Inward Greatest Greatest Challenge Turn Us Measure Fasting

Malaysia is a country unlike any other: Full of promise and fragility. Its history, cultural and religious diversity make it a rich, compelling and surprising land. Tariq Ramadan

History Diversity Country Rich Other Unlike Promise Religious Make Malaysia Surprising Cultural Any Land Full Compelling Fragility

Advertising, music, atmospheres, subliminal messages and films can have an impact on our emotional life, and we cannot control it because we are not even conscious of it. Tariq Ramadan

Life Music Control Films Our We Cannot Impact Emotional Emotional Life Messages Advertising Because Subliminal Cannot Even Conscious

We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment. Tariq Ramadan

Giving Master Our Alive Ourselves Must Reconcile Through Outside Step Environment Mastery Rediscover Around Educate Egoism Us Requires Fasting

Ramadan is, in its essence, a month of humanist spirituality. Tariq Ramadan

Spirituality Month Essence Humanist

It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility. Tariq Ramadan

Work Humility Only Through Self-Critical Towards Ideas Learn Opposition Intellectual

It is of the highest importance to provide equal access to the labour market. Governments should act to establish equitable employment standards and penalise racial discrimination. Tariq Ramadan

Market Highest Importance Equal Employment Access Equitable Provide Governments Discrimination Labour Establish Racial Should Act Standards

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

Fear Political Become Increasing Mindset Emotional Part Also Reactions Frequency Accompanying Often Being Ends Legitimate While Public Exploited

Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion. Tariq Ramadan

Spiritual Memory Emotions Intelligence Collective Constructs Through Take Never Merely Intellectual Cultures Artistic Form Psychology Commonly Held Communion

This simple truth is the essence of my message to Muslims throughout the world: know who you are, who you want to be, and start talking and working with whom you are not. Find common values and build with fellow citizens a society based on diversity and equality. Tariq Ramadan

Truth You Truth Is Equality World Simple Values Diversity Build Society Muslims Citizens Find Simple Truth Throughout Know Fellow Message Fellow Citizens Talking Essence Common Want Common Values Working Who Whom Based Start

The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle. Tariq Ramadan

Free Enormous Our Ways Claim Ourselves Muslims Would Would-Be Impact Fact Wrong New Ideas Protecting Principle New Ideas Coming Traditional Imposing West Question Western Much Means Now

I want to be an activist professor. Tariq Ramadan

Want Activist Professor

The 'army camp' that coordinates the agencies of our brain is vulnerable, both in itself and from within. In effect, he who can know and master its functioning and psychology from outside can become twice its master. Tariq Ramadan

Army Master Become Our Both Outside He Know Vulnerable Within Brain Camp Effect Itself Psychology Agencies Who Coordinate Twice

Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves. Tariq Ramadan

Life Diversity Real Life Tolerance Our Ourselves Would Seem Rising Invoke Withdraw Discomfort Real Theory Societies Levels Raise

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

Freedom Fear Passion Our Danger Ourselves Entertaining About Allowing Most Democratic Identity Democratic Societies Blinded Serious Illusions Societies

Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices. Tariq Ramadan

Society Tools Our Must Citizens Religions Practices Understand Provide Symbols

Every country in Europe needs immigrants for its economic survival. Tariq Ramadan

Needs Survival Country Every Immigrants Economic Europe

Lack of consistency is a weakness shared by all nations. Tariq Ramadan

Consistency All Nations Weakness Shared Lack Nations

The young people who join extremist groups are clearly suffering from massive deficiencies in religious knowledge and are often politically gullible (when they are not attempting to salve pangs of conscience by cutting themselves off from a life of delinquency). Tariq Ramadan

Life Knowledge Suffering People Young Deficiencies Extremist Religious Gullible Join Attempting Clearly Massive Off Often Politically Young People Themselves Cutting Who Groups Conscience

South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation. Tariq Ramadan

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

Time Day Needs Religion Challenges Intelligence Those Responding Must Atheists Spirit Sacred Study Sharpen Deal Real Questions Texts Timeless Just Order Century Who Conscience Presence Thinkers

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