Tariq Ramadan – Chronicles of Ramadan #24 Injustices
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Peace be with you.
We talked about
the fact that as human beings, as believers,
we have to speak out,
We have to denounce and we have to
say and to speak the truth.
This is essential and what we are dealing
with now is the reality of dealing with
injustices. And injustices, we can,
deal with them
through
2 prisms
different
from one another. The first is talking about
power and talking about the people who are
exploiting,
who are discriminating,
and then the other side is to speak
about the victims. Today, we are going to
focus on the people who are,
exploiting and who are promoting
injustices
in the world.
And it's important to understand that as believers,
as Muslims,
the very meaning of our spiritual
life and the fact that we are on
earth to to repair, to reform, to mend,
to fix, to do what we can in
order to make this world better.
When we talk about this and when when
we are talking about it now, we understand
that part of it is really to deal
with powers.
And, prophet, peace be upon him, was dealing
with the power of his time, and he
was dealing with the rich people, and he
was dealing with
the so called establishment at the moment. And
we know that the Musa, alayhis salam, Moses
had to do exactly the same with pharaoh.
And we know as well that
Jesus has to do exactly the same. So
they came with a deep,
profound
spiritual,
teaching,
and at the same time, they were facing
powers.
And this is the very achievement of what
a spiritual life should be.
In order
to change the world and to repair the
world and to make it a better place,
you have to deal
with powers, and you have to denounce what
is wrong in the way they are dealing
with their power, in the way they are
dealing with money, in the way they are
organizing the social fabric,
in the way they are dealing with racism
and
exploitation.
That's the way
to be a spiritual
mind, a spiritual
soul, a spiritual
being on earth, and it's not a contradiction.
It's the very achievement of what it means
to be with God,
what it means to live with our
brothers and sisters in humanity,
so to speak out,
to confront powers,
and to be able to say that what
is happening, for example, in our world today,
this so called
global
or world order that we are dealing with
is something which is now promoting,
discrimination,
racism,
and disorder.
You want to repair the world?
They are to speak to powers.
They are to say to speak the truth
and to say what should be said
in order not to confuse
al Hikma,
which is wisdom,
with
a compromising
silence,
which is the very opposite
of faith in our tradition. Our tradition
and all the spiritual traditions.
Don't forget to tell the people you love
that you love them. Life is fragile.