Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Tariq Ramadan
Born: August 26, 1962 (age 63)
Bio: Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss academic, philosopher and writer. He is the professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at St Antony's College, Oxford and also teaches at the Oxford Faculty of Theology.
Known for:
- Radical Reform, Radical Ijtihad (2008)
- Western Muslims and the Future of Islam (2004)
- To Be a European Muslim (1998)