This section's articles

• The Arab Awakening: Islam and the new Middle East
  Across the Arab world millions of women and men have taken to the streets, showing that dictators can be overthrown without weapons. But what happens now? Tariq Ramadan is one of the most acclaimed figures in the analysis of Islam and its political dimensions today. In The Arab Awakening he explores the opportunities and challenges across North Africa and the Middle East, as they look to create new, more open societies. He asks: can Muslim countries bring together Islam, pluralism and (...)
• The Quest for Meaning Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism
  In The Quest for Meaning, Tariq Ramadan, philosopher and Islamic scholar, invites the reader to join him on a journey to the deep ocean of religious, secular, and indigenous spiritual traditions to explore the most pressing contemporary issues. Along the way, Ramadan interrogates the concepts that frame current debates including: faith and reason, emotions and spirituality, tradition and modernity, freedom, equality, universality, and civilization. He acknowledges the greatest (...)
• What I Believe
  Tariq Ramadan is very much a public figure, named one of Time magazine’s most important innovators of the twenty-first century. He is among the leading Islamic thinkers in the West, with a large following around the world. But he has also been a lightning rod for controversy. Indeed, in 2004, Ramadan was prevented from entering the U.S. by the Bush administration and despite two appeals, supported by organizations like the American Academy of Religion and the ACLU, he (...)
• Radical Reform : Islamic Ethics and Liberation
  The road has not always been smooth and the research and study have been long and sometimes very difficult. The reflections and proposals that readers will find here are the outcome of a long, deep immersion in the universe of the “Islamic sciences.” For more than twenty years (nurtured by traditional teaching, accumulated readings, personal research, and the writing of books) I have repeatedly stated that the awakening of Islamic thought necessarily involves reconciliation with (...)
• In the Footsteps of the Prophet
  Here is a fresh and perceptive look at Muhammad, capturing a life that was often eventful, gripping, and highly charged. Ramadan provides both an intimate portrait of a man who was shy, kind, but determined, as well as a dramatic chronicle of a leader who launched a great religion and inspired a vast empire. More important, Ramadan presents the main events of the Prophet’s life in a way that highlights his spiritual and ethical teachings. The book underscores the significance (...)
• GLOBALISATION Muslim Resistances
  The era of globalisation is one of upheaval, or more precisely of overturn, which places the domination of the economy and financial markets over all others spheres of human activity. The world has changed and all this upheaval has grave consequences. However, it seems as if Ulama and Muslim intellectual’s thought is stuck, particulary in the field of economics. Like everyone, one observes the phenomenon of globalisation, studies its foundations and logic, and sees the serious lack of (...)
• One of the "Best Nonfiction Books of 2004” [The Christian Science Monitor]
  As the number of Muslims living in the West grows, the question of what it means to be a Western Muslims becomes increasingly important to the futures of both Islam and the West. While the media are focused on radical Islam, Ramadan claims, a silent revolution is sweeping Islamic communities in the West, as Muslims actively seek ways to live in harmony with their faith within a Western context. French, English, German, and American Muslims -women as well as men- are reshaping their religion (...)
• Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity
  Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity attempts to demonstrate, using sources which draw upon Islamic thought and civilisation, that Muslims have the means to respond to contemporary challenges without betraying their identity. The book argues that Muslims, nourished by their own points of reference, can approach the modern epoch by proposing a specific social, political and economic management that is linked to ethical values, a sense of finalities and spirituality. This still (...)
• To be a European Muslim
  To be a European Muslim addresses some of the fundamental issues born of the several million strong Muslim presence in Europe in our times. Based on a thorough study of Islamic sources, it seeks to answer basic questions about European Muslims’social, political, cultural and legal integration. The study shows that it is possible to lead life as a practising Muslim while ’living together’ in multi-faith, pluralistic European nation (...)
• MUSLIMS IN FRANCE The way towards coexistence
  MUSLIMS IN FRANCE The Way Towards Coexistence analyses the Muslim presence in France. In Part I, historical and judicial perspectives are examined. Part II deals with the internal dynamics of the Muslim community. The study suggests that whilst Muslims must aknowledge the implications of their presence in French society it is also necessary that French society examines its past colonial prejudices towards (...)