354 Quotes by Tariq Ramadan

Behind every great man is not a woman, she is beside him, she is with him, not behind him.

The message of Islam asks you to be intellectually, spiritually, socially, and politically independent.

The more I know, the best I believe. The more I know, the best I’m worshiping Him. Because, in the end Allah knows the best.

Pray in the night so that you can change the world in the day.

There is no faith, without a critical mind.

To be courageous is to be a voice for the voiceless.

A true teacher doesn’t teach you to think like him, but to think without him.

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.

Emancipation can only come from within; it cannot be dictated by someone else. A law banning the wearing of headscarves changes nothing, except perhaps external appearance. Naturally, Islamic feminism must also include the right to education, to work and the freedom to select one’s own husband.