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Muslim scholar, Ramadan gives his first lecture since US ban

“Jihad Within Young Hearts: Toward a Positive Engagement." is the title of Tarek Ramadan's lecture to be delivered on Sunday in Livonia. Ramadan is considered to be one of the

Obama denies visas to Israeli scientists

A new policy decision has seen the Obama administration deny US visas to Israeli scientists working on the Dimona nuclear reactor.

Grandson of MB founder has travel ban lifted

Tarek Ramadan, grandson of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement founder, Hassan el Banna, has had his travel ban lifted and was issued a visa. He was formerly banned on ideological grounds

Islam’s European Reformation?

Ramadan wrote What I Believe as “a work of clarification.” In it, he emphasizes that his goal is to fashion a distinctively “Western” expression of Islam that does not require

A Man with Qualities

He is one of the most outspoken intellectuals today in Europe who is dismissed as too modern by the orthodox and too traditional by secularists. Meet Tariq Ramadan, 47, a

Tariq Ramadan’s “What I Believe”

In this year’s Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers, Tariq Ramadan came in at number 49 for “dedicating his life to proving that Europe and Islam are not incompatible”–no small

It’s a question of them and US

Tariq Ramadan is a European Muslim who could help transform Islam's relations with the West, so why is the US trying to keep him out? asks Malise Ruthven.

What I Believe

For those Muslims who were born in the West or who are citizens, it is no longer a question of 'settlement' or 'integration' but rather of 'participation' and 'contribution'. My

“Switzerland should not fear backlash over ban”

Switzerland should not be worried about a violent backlash by the Arab-Muslim world over the vote to ban minarets, says Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan.

Foreign Policy: 2009’s Top Muslim Thinkers

The influential Foreign Policy magazine has issued a list of the "100 Top Global Thinkers," reserving ten places for Muslim professors, scholars, politicians, bankers and journalists.