Within the framework of the “Politically Incorrect” series of events taking place at the MusicHall in 2010 and 2011, Michel Elefteriades presents:

Professor Tariq Ramadan

The idea behind “Politically Incorrect” is to give the Lebanese audience an opportunity to hear thinkers, artists, intellectuals and journalists who dare to think in a different way. The first event took place on February 22 with controversial French comedian and activist Dieudonné. The 2nd presentation was that of famous -though no less controversial- French lawyer Jacques Vergès on March 21.

Who is Tariq Ramadan?

One of the Top 100 Global Thinkers for 2009 (Foreign Policy Magazine)

One of the world's Top 100 thinkers for 2004 (Time Magazine)

One of the Top 100 innovators of the 21st century (Time Magazine)

For his entire life, this grandson of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan Al-Banna has been called a walking contradiction: an Islamic intellectual who espouses democracy but believes religious law is universal, who detests Zionism but also denounces anti-Semitism, and who supports Palestinian resistance but criticizes terrorism. For just as long, Ramadan has been out to prove that his worldview makes perfect sense. Ramadan wants to articulate an Islam that is compatible with the liberal democracies of Europe (where he grew up and now lives), one that advocates an end to victimhood and engages with the world's political reality. Not surprisingly, Ramadan has often run into controversy -- and frequently has relished it. No wonder his latest book, What I Believe, "is a work of clarification," as he writes. It is meant to spell out the "basic ideas I have been defending for more than twenty years." (Foreign Policy Magazine - December 2009)

Biography:

Tariq Ramadan is a leading Muslim intellectual and public figure who has been hailed by Time Magazine as one of the 21st century most innovative thinkers.  He holds MA in Philosophy and French literature and PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Geneva. In Cairo, Egypt he received one-on-one intensive training in classic Islamic scholarship from Al-Azhar University scholars.
Tariq Ramadan has resigned from the post of Professor of Islamic Studies at Notre Dame University (Classic Department) and Luce Professor at the Kroc Institute (Religion Conflict and Peace building).
Tariq Ramadan is Professor of Islamic Studies. He is currently Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the Oxford University (Oriental Institute, St Antony's College) . He is also teaching at the Oxford Faculty of Theology. He is at the same time Senior Research Fellow at Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan). Through his writings and lectures he has contributed substantially to the debate on the issues of Muslims in the West and Islamic revival in the Muslim world. He is active both at the academic and grassroots levels lecturing extensively throughout the world on social justice and dialogue between civilizations. Professor Tariq Ramadan is currently President of the European think tank: European Muslim Network (EMN) in Brussels

PUBLICATIONS

● What I believe, OUP (Nov 2009)
● Mon intime convistion, Ed Presses du Châtelet, Sept 2009
● L'autre en nous. Pour une philosophie du pluralisme. Ed Presses du Châtelet, Mars 2009
● La réforme radicale, Ed Presses du Châtelet, Oct 2008
● Radical Reform, Islamic Ethics and Liberation, OUP USA (Nov 2008)
● Muhammad, vie du Prophète. Enseignements spirituels et contemporains, Ed Presses du Châtelet, Oct 2006
● In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad, OUP USA (Feb2007)
● The Messenger: The Meanings of the Life of Muhammad, Penguin (Feb 2007)
● Globalisation, Muslim Resistances Ed Tawhid, Novembre 2003
● Les musulmans d’Occident et l’avenir de l’Islam , Ed Actes sud, 2003
● Les Musulmans dans la Laïcité, responsabilités et droits des musulmans dans les sociétés occidentales, Tawhid, Lyon, 1994 (3ème éd. 2000).
● Islam, le face à face des civilisations, Quel projet pour quelle modernité ?, Les Deux Rives, Lyon, 1995 (4ème éd. 2001).
 Islam, The West and tyhe Challenges of Modernity, Islamic Foundation, Leicester, September 2000, second edition 2004
● To be a European Muslim, Islamic Foundation, Leicester, September 1999 (translated into 14 languages)
● Aux sources du renouveau musulman, un siècle de réformisme islamique, Bayard- Centurion, Paris, septembre 1998 (2ème éd. Tawhid, Lyon, 2001)
● Muslims in France, Islamic Foundation, Leicester, UK, April 1999
● Entre l’Homme et son coeur, Tawhid, Lyon, 2000
● De l’Islam, Tawhid poche, Lyon, 2002 Musulmans d’Occident, construire et contribuer, Tawhid poche, Lyon, 2002
● La foi, la Voie, la résistance, Tawhid poche, Lyon, 2002 Dar ash-shahada, l’Occident, espace du témoignage, Tawhid poche, Lyon, 2002
● Jihad, violence guerre et paix en islam, Tawhid poche, Lyon, 2002
● Les Musulmans d’Occident et l’Avenir de l’Islam, Actes Sud, janvier 2003, Paris
● Western Muslims and The Future of Islam, (Oxford University Press, 2004 )

The conference-debate will occur on Nov 4 at the Musichall. For more information check www.tariqramadan.com.

For reservations and tickets call 03 807555 or 01 371236