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Swiss Muslim scholar

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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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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

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Instance of
human
Given name
Tariq
Gender
male
Citizenship
Switzerland
Place of birth
Geneva
Occupation
theologian
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
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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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