Tariq Ramadan: the Hero of Islam in Europe
Prof. Dr. Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss-born Arab Muslim academic whose
views on Islam reflect a reformist perspective, was born in Switzerland
on the 26th of August 1962. Ramadan is the son of Sayed Ramadan and the
grandchild of the Late Imam Shahid Hasan-ul-Banna, the founder of Muslim
Brotherhood in Egypt and Gamal al-Banna, the liberal Muslim reformer is
his great-uncle. His father was a prominent figure in the Muslim
Brotherhood and was exiled from Egypt to Switzerland, by Gamal Abdul
Nasser.
Professor Tariq Ramadan holds MA in Philosophy and French literature and PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Geneva. In Cairo, Egypt he received one-on-one intensive training in classic Islamic scholarship from Al-Azhar University scholars.
Dr. Ramadan teaches philosophy and Islamic studies and Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University. He is also teaching at the Faculty of Theology at Oxford and at the same time Senior Research Fellow at Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan).
He advocates the study and interpretation of Islamic texts, and emphasizes the heterogeneous nature of Western Muslims He believes that Muslims in Europe have established a new “European Islam” and emphasizes the necessity for their contribution to European society.
Ramadan works primarily on Islamic theology and the position of Muslims in Europe. In general he believes in the need to continue to reinterpret the Qur’an in order to correctly understand Islamic philosophy. He claims that there is no conflict between being both a Muslim and a European; a Muslim must accept the laws of his country, except in rare circumstances. At the same time, he also strongly believes all Muslims should give higher authority to the Qur’an then to the secular law.
Through his writings and lectures he has contributed substantially to the debate on the issues of Muslims in the West and Islamic revival in the Muslim world. He is active both at the academic and grassroots levels lecturing extensively throughout the world on social justice and dialogue between civilizations.
Since 1997, he gives monthly training lectures within “Présence Musulmane” in Belgium and France. He is very hard working in the European associative fabric (community) and in Muslim societies. He also takes part as an expert in various commissions linked to the Brussels Parliament and is a member of several working parties concerned with Islam in the world and on the continent: Deutsches Orient Institute, British Council, Vienna Peace Summit, Barcelona 2004 or the “Laïcité et Islam” commission of the French educational league.
Tariq Ramadan established the Movement of Swiss Muslims. He has taken part in interfaith seminars and has sat on a commission of “Islam and Secularism.” He is widely interviewed and has produced about 100 tapes which sell tens of thousands of copies each year.
Ramadan is currently President of the European think tank: European Muslim Network (EMN) in Brussels and an advisor to the EU on religious issues. In September 2005 he was invited to join a task force by the Government of the United Kingdom.
The British justin bieber Prospect and the American Foreign Policy magazines placed him eighth in a list of the world’s top 100 contemporary intellectuals in 2008.
Dr. Tariq Ramadan is the author of several books. Among his books are:
“What I believe, Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation, In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad, Western Muslims and the future of Islam, Islam, the West, and the Challenge of Modernity, To Be a European Muslim, Muslims in secular societies, responsibilities and rights of Muslim people in Western societies. Islam, the encounter of civilizations, what project for which modernity? Islam, The West and The Challenges of Modernity, At the sources of the Islamic revival, one century of Islamic reform,- Muslims in France, Between the man and his heart, About Islam, Muslims of the West, to build and to contribute, – Faith, Path, Resistance, Dar ash-shahada, the Western world, space of testimony, Jihad, violence, war and peace in Islam, Muslims in the West and the future of Islam, Muslim in France: The way towards coexistence, Globalization Muslim Resistances,
In collaboration: some of his discussions are: Can we live with Islam? , Questioning Islam, Islamic danger, Tolerance or freedom? – Islam, Modernism and the West, – Spirituality, a challenge for our society, The Mediterranean, Boarders and passages, the irrational, threat or necessity? Non-Violence? Ideal images reality-proof, National Federation of yoga educators. Between 1991 and 2003: publication of about 700 contributions or articles: collective books, academic reviews, magazines, etc.
Ramadan is married and has 4 children.
Dr. Ramadan urges all Muslims to re-study the Holy Qur’an for proper understanding of Islam. In his life, he had to face so many difficulties but he removed these by his proper knowledge about Islam. This is the key of inspirations for us to re-study the Islam.
Prof. Dr. Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss-born Arab Muslim academic whose
views on Islam reflect a reformist perspective, was born in Switzerland
on the 26th of August 1962. Ramadan is the son of Sayed Ramadan and the
grandchild of the Late Imam Shahid Hasan-ul-Banna, the founder of Muslim
Brotherhood in Egypt and Gamal al-Banna, the liberal Muslim reformer is
his great-uncle. His father was a prominent figure in the Muslim
Brotherhood and was exiled from Egypt to Switzerland, by Gamal Abdul
Nasser. Professor Tariq Ramadan holds MA in Philosophy and French literature and PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Geneva. In Cairo, Egypt he received one-on-one intensive training in classic Islamic scholarship from Al-Azhar University scholars.
Dr. Ramadan teaches philosophy and Islamic studies and Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University. He is also teaching at the Faculty of Theology at Oxford and at the same time Senior Research Fellow at Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan).
He advocates the study and interpretation of Islamic texts, and emphasizes the heterogeneous nature of Western Muslims He believes that Muslims in Europe have established a new “European Islam” and emphasizes the necessity for their contribution to European society.
Ramadan works primarily on Islamic theology and the position of Muslims in Europe. In general he believes in the need to continue to reinterpret the Qur’an in order to correctly understand Islamic philosophy. He claims that there is no conflict between being both a Muslim and a European; a Muslim must accept the laws of his country, except in rare circumstances. At the same time, he also strongly believes all Muslims should give higher authority to the Qur’an then to the secular law.
Through his writings and lectures he has contributed substantially to the debate on the issues of Muslims in the West and Islamic revival in the Muslim world. He is active both at the academic and grassroots levels lecturing extensively throughout the world on social justice and dialogue between civilizations.
Since 1997, he gives monthly training lectures within “Présence Musulmane” in Belgium and France. He is very hard working in the European associative fabric (community) and in Muslim societies. He also takes part as an expert in various commissions linked to the Brussels Parliament and is a member of several working parties concerned with Islam in the world and on the continent: Deutsches Orient Institute, British Council, Vienna Peace Summit, Barcelona 2004 or the “Laïcité et Islam” commission of the French educational league.
Tariq Ramadan established the Movement of Swiss Muslims. He has taken part in interfaith seminars and has sat on a commission of “Islam and Secularism.” He is widely interviewed and has produced about 100 tapes which sell tens of thousands of copies each year.
Ramadan is currently President of the European think tank: European Muslim Network (EMN) in Brussels and an advisor to the EU on religious issues. In September 2005 he was invited to join a task force by the Government of the United Kingdom.
The British justin bieber Prospect and the American Foreign Policy magazines placed him eighth in a list of the world’s top 100 contemporary intellectuals in 2008.
Dr. Tariq Ramadan is the author of several books. Among his books are:
“What I believe, Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation, In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad, Western Muslims and the future of Islam, Islam, the West, and the Challenge of Modernity, To Be a European Muslim, Muslims in secular societies, responsibilities and rights of Muslim people in Western societies. Islam, the encounter of civilizations, what project for which modernity? Islam, The West and The Challenges of Modernity, At the sources of the Islamic revival, one century of Islamic reform,- Muslims in France, Between the man and his heart, About Islam, Muslims of the West, to build and to contribute, – Faith, Path, Resistance, Dar ash-shahada, the Western world, space of testimony, Jihad, violence, war and peace in Islam, Muslims in the West and the future of Islam, Muslim in France: The way towards coexistence, Globalization Muslim Resistances,
In collaboration: some of his discussions are: Can we live with Islam? , Questioning Islam, Islamic danger, Tolerance or freedom? – Islam, Modernism and the West, – Spirituality, a challenge for our society, The Mediterranean, Boarders and passages, the irrational, threat or necessity? Non-Violence? Ideal images reality-proof, National Federation of yoga educators. Between 1991 and 2003: publication of about 700 contributions or articles: collective books, academic reviews, magazines, etc.
Ramadan is married and has 4 children.
Dr. Ramadan urges all Muslims to re-study the Holy Qur’an for proper understanding of Islam. In his life, he had to face so many difficulties but he removed these by his proper knowledge about Islam. This is the key of inspirations for us to re-study the Islam.
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