Tariq Ramadan

Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss Muslim academic and public intellectual whose work addresses Islam, Muslim identity, and life in Europe.

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Hassan al-Banna: Hassan al-Banna was an Egyptian schoolteacher who founded the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928. Ramadan’s maternal grandfather founded the movement that shaped his family’s political and religious history.
Islam: Islam is a monotheistic religion based on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad. Ramadan’s arguments about identity and reform are rooted in Islamic belief and practice.
European Islam: European Islam describes the varied ways Muslims interpret and practice Islam within European societies. Ramadan argues for a rooted European Muslim identity rather than a permanent sense of foreignness.
Islamophobia: Islamophobia is hostility, prejudice, or discrimination directed at Islam or people perceived to be Muslim. Ramadan has argued that prejudice against Muslims shapes public controversies over their place in Europe.
Rachid Ghannouchi: Rachid Ghannouchi is a Tunisian Islamist thinker and politician who co-founded the Ennahda movement. Ghannouchi and Ramadan represent distinct efforts to reconcile Islamic thought with European or democratic politics.
Islamism: Islamism is a range of political movements that seek to shape public life according to interpretations of Islam. Debates over whether Ramadan is an Islamist thinker shape much of his reception.
Islamic reform: Islamic reform comprises efforts to reinterpret Muslim thought and institutions in response to changing circumstances. Reform is a recurring framework for his proposals on Muslim thought and contemporary life.
Muslim Brotherhood: The Muslim Brotherhood is an Islamist movement founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna. His family connection to its founder has repeatedly shaped suspicion and debate about his political orientation.
Olivier Roy: Olivier Roy is a French political scientist known for studying Islamism and Muslim societies. Roy’s analyses offer a contrasting scholarly account of Islamism and Muslim identity in Europe.
Ijtihad: Ijtihad is the use of independent reasoning to interpret Islamic law and address questions not settled by precedent. Ramadan presents renewed interpretation as a way to address contemporary Muslim circumstances.