58 T. Ramadan, "Le renouveau islamique."
59 Tariq Ramadan cassette, "L'Islam. Le face-a-face des civilisations? [Islam: The confrontation of civilizations?[," interassociation training seminar, Brussels, Mediacom.
6o T. Ramadan, "Islam et Occident. References et valeurs."
61 This phrase was featured on the cover of Charlie Hebdo, no. 603, January 7, 2004, after Tariq Ramadan had taken part in the European Social Forum.
62 Cassette "Islam d'Europe: Entre religion minoritaire et message universel [European Islam: Between minority religion and universal message]," debate organized in Lyon between Tariq Ramadan and Tareq Oubrou, HC 024, Tawhid.
63 Tariq Ramadan cassette, "Les dangers de la parole. Suspicion, medisance, calomnie [The dangers of speech: Suspicion, slander, calumny]," recorded in Lyon in 1997, QA 51, Tawhid.
64 Tariq Ramadan cassette, "Les grands peches [The major sins]," recorded in Reunion, August 1999, QA 4, Tawhid.
65 This conference was a great success; it was published in L'Islam et les musulmans. Grandeur et decadence, Lebanon, Al-Bouraq, 2000 [19951. See page 67 of later edition.
66 Tariq Ramadan cassette, "La femme musulmane face a son devoir d'engagement [The Muslim woman and her duty to participate]," part 2, recorded in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), QA 22, Tawhid.
67 Ibid.
68 "Condamner et resister ensemble," Le Monde, October 3, 2001.
69 Le Point, April 22, 2004-
70 "Faut-il avoir peur des reseaux Islamistes a Lyon? [Should we be afraid of the Islamist networks in Lyon?]," in
vestigative report by Lionel Favrot, Jerome Berthaut, Mathieu Sarfati, Thomas Nardone, and Fariq Hamza, Lyon Mag, October 2001.
71 Alain Gresh and Tariq Ramadan, L'Islam en questions [Questioning Islam], a debate organized and presented by Francoise Germain-Robin, Sindbad, 2002, pp. 123-26.
72 Ibid., pp. 89-90.
73 The "protected" status provided by Islam for those of other monotheistic religions. Even if it can be considered as tolerant for the times, their status was part of a hierarchical system that transformed non-Muslims into subcitizens, and thus falls short of the idea of equality.
74 Sura III, 20, The Meaning of the Holy Koran, ed. Abdullah Yusuf Ali, new ed., rev. tr., Beltsville (Md.), USA, 1989, p.131.
75 SuraV, 60-64, ibid., pp. 267-69.
76 Tariq Ramadan, Etre musulman europeen: etude des sources islamiques a la lumieres du contexte europeen [To Be a European Muslim: A Study of Islamic Sources in the Light of the European Context], Lyon, Tawhid, 1999, p. 418-
77 Tariq Ramadan and Alain Gresh cassette "Y a-t-il un peril Islamists? [Is there an Islamist menace?]," TAW o9, Tawhid.
78 Ibid.
79 T. Ramadan, "Islam et laIcite. Comprehension et dialogue," part 2.
8o T. Ramadan, "Islam, modernite et modernisme."
81 T. Ramadan, Peut-on vivre avec Islam?, p. 28.
82 Ibn Taymiyya, Le statut des moines, French translation (referring to the Tibehirine affair) by Nasreddin Lebate- her [Yahya Michot], Beirut, El-Safina, 1997 [14171•
83 Yahya Michot, Musulman en Europe [Muslim in Europe], preface by Tariq Ramadan, Paris, Jeunesse sans Fron- tiere, 2002, p. 2.
84 Ibid., p. 107. In his defense, Michot argues that he is drawing a sort of absurd line of thought, for, of course, a Muslim cannot kill because the Koran forbids it.
85 Tariq Ramadan, Les musulmans d'Occident et l'avenir de I'Islam [Western Muslims and the Future of Islam], Arles, Actes Sud-Sindbad, 2003, p. 165.
86 See Marie-Rose Armesto, Son mari a tueMassoud, Paris, Ballard, 2002.
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i Tariq Ramadan cassette, "Islam et Occident. References et valeurs [Islam and the West: References and val
ues[," part 2, lecture recorded in Abidjan, QA 15, Tawhid.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid.
7 Colloque International des Musulmans de 1'Espace Francophone, Les musulmans francophones. Comprehension, la terminologie, le discours [Frenchspeaking Muslims. Understanding, Terminology and Language], Tawhid, 2001.
8 "Faut-il avoir peur des reseaux Islamistes a Lyon? [Should we be afraid of the Islamist networks in Lyon?]," investigative report by Lionel Favrot, Jerome Berthaut, Mathieu Sarfati, Thomas Nardone, and Fariq Hamza, Lyon Mag, October 2001.
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