We have to free the Muslim mind from the obsession with limits and rules and forgetting the path … - Tariq Ramadan

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The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.

Tariq Ramadan

We have to free the Muslim mind from the obsession with limits and rules and forgetting the path and objective. This is truly a liberating process, and for me this is Islam: liberation from the ego, and in this case liberating ourselves from the wrong understanding of the religion.

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