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Brussels-based think tank the [[European Muslim Network]] is chaired by '''Tariq Said Ramadan''', a Swiss Muslim academic and theologian. | Brussels-based think tank the [[European Muslim Network]] is chaired by '''Tariq Said Ramadan''', a Swiss Muslim academic and theologian. | ||
| − | + | Ramadan is professor of contemporary Islamic studies at [[Oxford University]]. He advocates a reinterpretation of Islamic texts, and emphasizes the heterogeneous nature of Islamic society. He believes that Muslims in Europe have to establish a new "European Islam" and emphasizes the necessity for their engagement in European society. | |
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==Funding== | ==Funding== | ||
The think tank does not receive funding from the [[European Commission]]. <ref> [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getAllAnswers.do?reference=E-2015-008736&language=MT Parliamentary questions E-008736/2015, Answer given by Ms Jourová on behalf of the Commission, 1 September 2015</ref> | The think tank does not receive funding from the [[European Commission]]. <ref> [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getAllAnswers.do?reference=E-2015-008736&language=MT Parliamentary questions E-008736/2015, Answer given by Ms Jourová on behalf of the Commission, 1 September 2015</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Think Tanks]][[Category:Islam]] | [[Category:Think Tanks]][[Category:Islam]] | ||
Revision as of 08:26, 1 December 2016
Brussels-based think tank the European Muslim Network is chaired by Tariq Said Ramadan, a Swiss Muslim academic and theologian.
Ramadan is professor of contemporary Islamic studies at Oxford University. He advocates a reinterpretation of Islamic texts, and emphasizes the heterogeneous nature of Islamic society. He believes that Muslims in Europe have to establish a new "European Islam" and emphasizes the necessity for their engagement in European society.
Funding
The think tank does not receive funding from the European Commission. [1]
Notes
- ↑ [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getAllAnswers.do?reference=E-2015-008736&language=MT Parliamentary questions E-008736/2015, Answer given by Ms Jourová on behalf of the Commission, 1 September 2015
