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Tariq Ramadan

Tariq Ramadan is a professor of Philosophy and Islamology in Friburg and Geneva.

17 articles

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“Free speech and civil responsibility”

by Tariq Ramadan

2 March 2006

There are three aspects to be taken into account while analyzing and assessing the caricatures of Prophet Mohammed. The first is that painting any prophet is forbidden in the Muslim religion. The second is that, in the Muslim world, it’s not common to make fun of our religion or others. Thus, (...)

“Truth eventually revealed”

by Tariq Ramadan

16 December 2005

Whether on the right or left wing of the political scenario, we are in the presence of the emergence of a discourse of variable geometrics depending on the countries where certain French intellectuals express themselves, but whose objective is still to spread fear of Islam and Muslims. The (...)

“Our ghettos seen from England”

by Tariq Ramadan

23 November 2005

The revolts in the French slums have got the attention of
England where people wonder about the integration problems
of the French system. This is the opposite of what
happened last July after the attacks in London. The
comparison regarding form: “which society has better
handled the (...)