19 December 2009

Wiedl on Ramadan

[In] an article titled “Dawa and the Islamist Revival in the West” scholar Nina Wiedl explores the views of global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi. In the same article, the author explores the work of global Brotherhood leader Tariq Ramadan.

Of particular interest is her focus on Ramadan’s attempt to make common cause with the European Left. The author notes that Ramadan frequently cites ” the principle of ’social justice’ as one of these shared values between Europeans and Muslims”: [The Iconoclast] Read more