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Islam can only be modernized from within. if i state that i condemn the practice of stoning, that this punishment is despicable, it changes nothing. my fellow muslims will say: brother tariq, you became a european, a swiss citizen, so you are no longer one of us.
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Islam Can Only Be Modernized From Within.

Tariq Ramadan
Islam can only be modernized from within. if i state that i condemn the practice of stoning, that this punishment is despicable, it changes nothing. my fellow muslims will say: brother tariq, you became a european, a swiss citizen, so you are no longer one of us.
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