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Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss Islamicist, theologian, philologist, and romanist. Born in Geneva in 1962, he is the son of Said Ramadan and the brother of Hani Ramadan. He holds citizenship in Switzerland and speaks French and English. His religious worldview is Islam.
Ramadan has been employed by the University of Fribourg, University of Notre Dame, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and University of Oxford. He was educated at Al-Azhar University and the University of Geneva, with Reinhard Schulze as his doctoral advisor. He has authored 71 works. He has four children and was convicted of rape.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 71
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1962-08-26 ) 26 August 1962 (age 63) , Geneva , Switzerland
- Education
- University of Geneva (PhD)
- Institutions
- Collège de Saussure , St Antony's College, Oxford
- Main interests
- Islamic studies , Theology, philosophy, Politics, Interfaith dialogue, Literature, Reform
- Website
- tariqramadan .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tariq
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Geneva
- Father
- Said Ramadan
- Sibling
- Hani Ramadan
- Occupation
- theologian
- Educated at
- University of Geneva
- Employer
- Collège de Saussure
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Islam
- Doctoral advisor
- Reinhard Schulze
- Image
- Tariq Ramadan, 2017 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 4
- Convicted of
- rape
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- Tariq Ramadan
- date of birth
- 1962-08-26
- social media followers
- 703425
- name in native language
- طارق رمضان
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Encyclopedic overview
Tariq Ramadan (Arabic: طارق رمضان [tˤaːriq ramadˤaːn]; born 26 August 1962) is a Swiss-born Egyptian academic, philosopher and writer, who was convicted of three counts of rape by a French court in 2026. He has held academic positions including professor of contemporary Islamic studies at St Antony's College, Oxford and the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. He was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar, and a former director of the Research Centre of Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) in Doha.
Ramadan is the grandson of Hassan al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, and has written and lectured on Islam, Muslim identity in Europe and reformist thought. He has described himself as a "Salafi reformist".
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