July 18, 2012
Tariq Ramadan: It is Your Duty to Stand Up for What is Right
The World's leading contemporary Islamic reflective thinker as well as thinker Professor Tariq Ramadan has offering six beliefs of governance that break the stereotype that frames Muslim administrations as anti-democratic as well as anti-human rights.
In the harangue organised by Penang Institute yesterday, Tariq listed order of law, equal citizenship, universal suffrage, accountability, subdivision of powers as well as ethics in governing body as basic democratic beliefs that contingency be complied with by Islamic governments.
Tariq the professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies during Oxford University pronounced that adults contingency honour the 'agreement' in their countries that sets the rules (of law) in their daily interpersonal relationships. For example in Malaysia, Muslims as any other adults of other religions contingency reside by the law as they have supposed the framework of the country, combined Tariq in his harangue titled 'Islam, Democracy as well as Human Rights: The Awakening of the Muslim World'.
However, adults contingency struggle inside of the since framework to oppose
existing (or new) laws that have been unjust, pronounced Tariq, adding "And we know how many laws in this republic need reform".
The remark elicited the shrill round of acclaim as well as delight from the 300-odd crowd comprising Penang supervision officials, academicians, politicians as well as NGO activists who attended ! the thre e-hour lecture. But an amused Tariq told the participants that their reply to his comment made him feel similar to he was with the Opposition, that he clarified he was not.
"I am not with the Opposition, not in domestic terms. But in philosophical terms, we contend something that is really true, your indication is not undiluted as well as your mores have been not perfect," he said.
"That in the name of justice, in the name of your conscience, as the Muslim, Buddhist, Christian or whatever we are, in the name of the citizenship we have, it is your avocation to stand up for what is right, if not for your government, it is for the people who live in your country," he added, to some-more acclaim from the audience.
"Don't put me in the domestic landscape of your country. we do not care, for if one day we come in to power as well as we have been in acceptance of injustice, we will have my rage against you. This is the way beliefs have been maintained," he stressed.
'Unity contingency be formed upon what is right'
Later, Tariq the grandson of Hassan Al-Banna who founded the Muslim Brotherhood pronounced the Muslims contingency not be united formed upon what is wrong for to do so is not being powerful though weak.
The 49-year-old Swiss adult of Egyptian start also took partial in the row contention with Islamic Renaissance Front chairperson Ahmad Farouk Musa, Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia Assistant Professor Maszlee Malik as well as Penang Institute Executive Director Professor Woo Wing Thye.
Meanwhile, Tariq elaborated during length upon the second element equal citizenship that contingency be present in Islamic governance to safeguard the supervision practi! sed demo cracy as well as human rights.
He pronounced that adults contingency not usually be equal before the law though contingency participate in the narrative that binds them as the nation. Tariq described Malaysian multitude as being "pluralistic", observant that it is the multitude with opposite cultural as well as eremite backgrounds.
"But each citizen, no matter what their start or their religion, should be treated with colour equally," he said, followed by shrill acclaim from the floor.
"Don't verbalise about my citizenship as if we am the minority. we am the citizen, we get it? Equal adult equates to do not ask me about my history or where we come from though where we have been starting together."
'Jews welcomed as partial of ummah'
Tariq afterwards cited the situation where the Prophet when nearing in Medina -
that Muslims described as the initial Islamic supervision or multitude had welcomed the Jews as partial of the village or "ummah".
He pronounced "ummah" in Islam is not usually from the devout aspect or an organised constructional village during the local level though meant that the village was "part of us as well as have the same rights as well as duties as us". He combined that no village is better than the other only because they have been Muslims.
"It is not by cultured others that we have been starting to be the best," he quipped, to another round of shrill applause, that he attempted to hindrance though that ended with most delight from the crowd.
Tariq afterwards advised that the adult of the republic contingency comply the laws, verbalise the language to express himself or herself, as well as contingency be loyal. "If we have been the constant citizen, we would wish ! the best for your nation. But the constant adult is regularly critical. Blind loyalty is dangerous, sectarian as well as racist," he added.
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