Tariq Ramadan – Ramadan Chronicles #25 Globalization

We know as we live in the 21st

century today

that, there is one phenomenon that we cannot

deny. It's the it's in front of us.

We are living with it day in, day

out, every day of our life, which is

globalization. Globalization is a fact. It's not possible

today to deny the fact or to reject

the fact. What could be important for us

is to resist one type of globalization

or types of globalization

when it comes to human dignity and the

way we have to understand that.

Globalization is mainly about 3 things. 1st is

the global the global economy.

Now now the nation state, everything which has

to do with our national regulations,

it's beyond that. The global economy, the free

market,

the neoliberal system

is just everywhere

in all the countries,

and this is the global

economic world. At the same time, globalization,

it's also about,

technology. And all these technologies that we have

now with,

Internet,

with communication, it's also part of this global

world that we are living in. And the

means of this global,

technology in the global

media, for example, and media coverage, it's mainly,

of course, in the north, and this has

an

other side. There is the 3rd dimension of

globalization. It's world culture. It's the way culture

and the world culture is spread from some

centers

and throughout the world.

What can we do with that about this?

1st,

at our level, at our individual level, at

our national level, it's to resist, for example,

with this global economy, in the way we

are dealing with, for example, the product and

what we are consuming and what we are

eating and drinking, and especially during Ramadan.

Are we eating and drinking products that are

coming from this global economy, Or are we

serious about being connected to our country, to

our region, to what we are producing in

our country, what we eat, what we drink,

and the way we are dealing with this.

It also has to do

with, the global technology and the way we

are dealing with, the the way it could

destroy. Because

it's not only that we have social networks

that are coming as means. No. There is

a philosophy. There is culture here. There is

a way of life. And we also have

to be to to be protecting

ourselves in the way we are resisting this

type of globalization

when it comes to our homes, when it

comes to our countries, and undermining

all the principles that we have. The same

when it comes to culture,

in the way the the movies that we're

watching, the music that it spread

all around us, and at the same time,

anything which has to do with

dealing with

uniformity.

World culture is about uniformity,

what we stand for. It's about respecting the

diversity,

everything which is coming from our countries, which

is

part of our creativity

and promoting this creativity.

It's to support

diversity

and not uniformity.

The globalization

when it comes to economic,

dimension, the technological

dimension,

or the cultural dimensions

could be very negative. We have to resist,

and we have to resist at every level.

It's not to think that it has to

be done at the national level. It's beyond

us. It's very simple. And while we fast,

what are you drinking? What are you eating?

The way you dress, what are you watching?

What part

are you giving in your life to this

creativity coming from your roots

and not only obsessed with the global world

and the acceptance

by the global world?

That's also part of our resistance as human

beings. It's part of our spiritual path. It's

to understand in which way the global

can undermine

and destroy

the very roots of our path towards faithfulness.

Remember,

tell the people you love that you love

them. Life is fragile.