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Rationality in Religious Texts | Tariq Ramadan | Oxford Union
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6:12Now PlayingTariq Ramadan answers a student's question on the Qur'an's involvement on influencing rational and irrational people
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ABOUT Tariq Ramadan:
Tariq Ramadan is a Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford University, and advocates the study and re-interpretation of Islamic texts and emphasizing the heterogeneous nature of Western Muslims.
Time magazine has twice recognized Ramadan: first in 2000, naming him one of the world's top 100 innovators of the 21st Century (one of the world's top 7th religious leaders), and again, in 2004, as one of the world's top 100 most influential intellectuals.
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