Tariq Ramadan – Ramadan Chronicles #19 Racism

Among the phenomenon that we see everywhere

within our societies in the West

or in the Global South, in Muslim majority

countries, there is one thing which is everywhere.

We see it again

every time, and it's in fact and per

se unacceptable.

It has to do with racism.

And while we read the Quran, we understand

that from the very beginning, what was said

to humanity is that you are all equal,

you have the same origin,

and,

you need to understand that the

hierarchy between you

has to do with the the the the

quality of your faith, not your color, not

your origin, and even not your religion per

se. When it is said

in the Quran,

Oh, you people, we have created you from

a male and a female, and you have

made you nations and tribes in order for

you to know each other. And the best

among you is the one who has the

deeper

the the the the the the best,

reverential

love towards God. Reverential

love towards God means this piety that we

are talking about. It has to do with

your heart. It doesn't have to do with

your with your color and your your origin.

At the same time, what we have in

the Quran,

So among his science is that, the creation

of the the the the the heaven and

the earth

and the diversity

of your language

languages and diversity of your colors, meaning that

this is part of this diversity within the

unity of humanity that we have to acknowledge

and we have to respect this. And when

we speak about racism, it's not when we

are criticizing

the behavior or we may disagree with some

principles within the religion. This is not racist.

Racism

by the way, racism has nothing with scientific

knowledge. There is no racist now. We are

just using this term,

translating the idea that we are rejecting somebody

because

for he or, she or he is

and for the very be be, being

and not when it comes to,

the behavior or when it comes to the

the the the the the statements.

So when we are targeting

somebody

for he or she is and not,

when it comes to the behavior and the

principles, this is why we are starting to

talk about races. So any type of racism

is unacceptable

against the black people,

against the Asian people, against the white people,

against the the the when it comes to

the color, for example,

the black and the wrong or

or or or, even when it comes to

religion, anything which has to do with antisemitism,

which was by the way it's anti Islamic.

When it comes to, Christiano

Christianophobia,

it's unacceptable. And Islamophobia, it's unacceptable.

We, from where we are, we have to

be quite clear that we are resisting

racism and among races. We are

rejecting all of them the same way. It

has to do with us within our societies.

It also has to do with what is

happening within our community as Muslims. Yes. Islam

is against racist, but too many Muslims are

racist in the way they deal with their

brothers and sisters in Islam when it comes

to colors, when it comes to origin, and

when it comes to culture. And at the

same time, the way we are dealing at

the international level with people who are coming

as migrants,

the

us to get it right is to reform

our way of looking at ourselves and looking

at humanity.

Remember to tell the people you love that

you love them, and

live what we get. Life is fragile.