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Tariq Ramadan Quotes | Quotes said by Tariq Ramadan

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #1

    ...faith must recognize the autonomy of reason and its ability to produce a rational, secular ethics. By the same criterion, reason must accept that it is legitimate for the heart, consciousness and faith to believe in an order and ends thar exist prior to its observation, discoveries and hypotheses. Once the distinction between the realms of faith and reason, and religion and science, has been accepted, it is therefore futile to debate, and still less to dispute, the hierarchy of first truths or the nature of the authority granted to their methods and their references.


  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #2

    À la lumière de cette tradition, et dans l'esprit de Montaigne, je dirais que lorsque je discute avec un individu avec qui je suis ou non d'accord, s'il a une bonne idée, c'est la mienne, et s'il en a une mauvaise, eh bien, c'est la sienne.
    Ce rapport à autrui est celui que les civilisations devraient nourrir entre elles; malheureusement, on retient souvent le moins bon des civilisations dominantes.

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #3

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

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #4

    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 Quote #5

    Da molto tempo, ai musulmani e ai miei concittadini ripeto che sono di nazionalità svizzera, con una memoria egiziana, di religione musulmana, di cultura europea, universalista per principio, marocchino e mauriziano d'adozione. Non c'è alcun problema: vivo con queste identità e l'una o l'altra può diventare prioritaria a seconda del contesto e della situazione

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #6

    È un bene essere patrioti, sentire di appartenere a una società, a una nazione o a una comunità di fedeli, ma ciò non può giustificare il nazionalismo sciovinista e cieco, l'affermazione dell'eccezione e dell'elezione nazionale e/o religiosa, o ancora l'intransigenza dogmatica di coloro che difendono i propri correligionari in qualsiasi circostanza

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #7

    Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and men to an extra degree of self-awareness.

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #8

    From Hinduism to the monotheisms through to Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, the common message is that we are all, naturally and potentially, inclined to reject the other, and to be intolerant and racist. Left to our own devices and our own emotions, we can be deaf, blind, dogmatic, closed and xenophobic: we are not born open-minded, respectful and pluralist. We become so through personal effort, education, self-mastery and knowledge.

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #9

    I have learned that one should say Peace! to those who shout their hatred for one's being and presence or at one's passage.

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #10

    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 Quote #11

    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 Quote #12

    Instantaneous and mass communication is the mother of mass naivety. Should we then lose hope? Is there any hope? But to lose hope is as dangerous as to nurture false hope. Where then can we find hope that is responsible?

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #13

    Intellect is a part of a good faith. Intellect is the light, the heart is the direction.

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #14

    Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #15

    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 Quote #16

    Mental ghettos are not mirages; they actually exist in palpable reality: being open inside one's mental or intellectual ghetto does not open its door but simply allows one to harbour the illusion that there is no ghetto and no door. The most dangerous prisons are those with invisible bars.

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #17

    Muslims must speak out and explain who they are, what they believe in, what they stand for, what is the meaning of their life. They must have the courage to denounce what is said and done by certain Muslims in the name of their religion.

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #18

    National politics and elections are dominated by emotions, by lack of self-confidence, by fear of the other, by insecurity, by infection of the body politic by the virus of victimhood.

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #19

    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 Quote #20

    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 Quote #21

    Our emotions are often beautiful, but they can also be dangerous. They represent our spontaneity, and seem to speak to us of our freedom.

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #22

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

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #23

    Religious symbols should be visible in public space, in a dignified and non-provocative manner. Christmas trees here, Jewish menorahs there and, further along, a minaret - these symbols represent human life in all its diversity.

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #24

    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.

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #25

    The 'fires'n that produce thick, rarely innocent, often strategic smoke should therefore be scrutinized. they should be known and identified; and when they involve dishonesty, lies, or manipulation, they they should be ignored.

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #26

    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 Quote #27

    The challenge for Muslims in America is to respect the fears of ordinary people while resisting the exploitation of those fears by political parties, lobbies and sectors of the media. To meet this challenge, Muslims must reassess their own involvement, behavior and contributions in American society.

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #28

    The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others.

  • Tariq Ramadan Quote #29

    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 Quote #30

    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.

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