Tariq Ramadan is Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the
Oxford University (Oriental Institute, St Antony’s College) and also
teaches at the Oxford Faculty of Theology. He is Visiting Professor at
the Faculty of Islamic Studies, (Qatar), Senior Research Fellow at
Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan) and Director of the Research Centre
of Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) (Doha, Qatar). He holds an MA
in Philosophy and French literature and PhD in Arabic and Islamic
Studies from the University of Geneva. In Cairo, Egypt he received
one-on-one intensive training in classic Islamic scholarship from
Al-Azhar University scholars (ijazat in seven disciplines). Through
his writings and lectures Tariq has contributed to the debate on the
issues of Muslims in the West and Islamic revival in the Muslim world.
He is active at academic and grassroots levels lecturing extensively
throughout the world on theology, ethics, social justice, ecology and
interfaith as well intercultural dialogue. He is President of the
European think tank: European Muslim Network (EMN) in Brussels. Latest
books: “The Arab Awakening: Islam and the New Middle East” Penguin
(Spring 2012); “The Quest for Meaning, Developing a Philosophy of
Pluralism” Penguin (2010); “What I believe” OUP USA (2009);
“Radical Reform, Islamic Ethics and Liberation” OUP USA (2008).
