Wisdom is always connected to beauty. When you see someone acting by their principles, their wisdom makes them beautiful.
Tariq RamadanCriticizing to destroy is easy, thinking in order to build is much more difficult to achieve
Tariq RamadanThe 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.
Tariq RamadanIntellect is a part of a good faith. Intellect is the light, the heart is the direction.
Tariq RamadanI wouldn't call it naive but silly. History does not work like this. If you look at the dynamics of Eastern Europe or even Germany post reunification, you realize that change takes time. No one can deny the fact that we are still not there - I am advocating something which has to go from uprisings to revolutions. It is not coming straight away that it is not going to come but what we have to advocate is that the democratization process is always better than state dictatorship.
Tariq Ramadan