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Famous
Personalities of the Global Islamic Movement Throughout History
Tariq Said Ramadan
(born 26 August 1962 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Swiss
Muslim academic and theologian. He advocates a
reinterpretation of Islamic texts, and emphasizes the
heterogeneous nature of Islamic society. He believes
that Muslims in Europe have to establish a new "European
Islam" and emphasizes the necessity for their engagement
in European society.
Biography
His maternal grandfather Hassan al Banna founded the
Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. His father, Said Ramadan,
was a prominent figure in the Muslim Brotherhood as
well, and was expelled from Egypt by Gamal Abdul Nasser
for his activities in that organization. He later
settled in Switzerland where Tariq was born. Tariq
Ramadan graduated a year early and studied philosophy,
literature and social sciences at University of Geneva.
He studied philosophy and French literature at the
Masters level, and Arabic and Islamic studies for his
PhD. He wrote his dissertation on Friedrich Nietzsche.
He also studied Arabic and Islam at Al Azhar Islamic
university in Cairo, Egypt. He later held a lectureship
in Religion and Philosophy at the University of Fribourg
and the College de Saussure, Geneva, Switzerland. In
October 2005 he began teaching at St Antony's College at
the University of Oxford on a Visiting Fellowship. Since
2005 he has been a senior research fellow at the Lokahi
Foundation.
Ramadan is married and has 4 children. His wife is
French and converted to Islam after their marriage. His
brother, Hani Ramadan is also a Muslim activist and
resides in Geneva, where he is a French teacher and the
director of the Islamic Centre of Geneva.
Ramadan established the Movement of Swiss Muslims in
Switzerland. He has taken part in interfaith seminars
and has sat on a commission of “Islam and Secularism.”
He is an advisor to the EU on religious issues. He is
widely interviewed and has produced about 100 tapes
which sell tens of thousands of copies each year.
In September 2005 he was invited to join a task force by
the Government of the UK.
Books Written by Tariq Ramadan
- In the
Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of
Muhammad
- The Meanings
of the Life of Muhammad
- Western
Muslims and the future of Islam
- To Be a
European Muslim
- Islam, the
West, and the Challenge of Modernity I
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