Professor Tariq Ramadan holds an MA in Philosophy and French literature and PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Geneva. In Cairo, Egypt he received one-on-one intensive training in classic Islamic scholarship from Al-Azhar University scholars.
Tariq Ramadan is Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University (Oriental Institute, St Antony’s College ). He is also teaching at the Faculty of Theology at Oxford. He is at the same time a Visiting Professor in Qatar (Faculty of Islamic Studies) and in Morocco (Mundiapolis) and a Senior Research Fellow at Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan). Through his writings and lectures he has contributed substantially to the debate on contemporary Islamic issues, Islamic revival in the world and Muslims in the West. He is active both at the academic and grassroots levels lecturing extensively throughout the world on theology, Islamic law and jurisprudence, applied ethics, philosophy, social justice, economy, politics, interfaith and intracommunity dialogue. Professor Tariq Ramadan is currently President of the European think tank: European Muslim Network (EMN) in Brussels

Latest books : "The Quest for Meaning: Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism", Penguin UK, (2010), “What I believe” OUP USA (2009), “Radical Reform, Islamic Ethics and Liberation”, OUP USA (2008)
 

Comments: José Manuel Pureza (CES/FEUC); Moderation: Teresa Toldy (CES/U. Fernando Pessoa/Porto).

NOTE: Tariq Ramadan will speak in english (no translation to portuguese)

Tariq Ramadan at Riz Khan's TV Show in AlJazeera