Mike Pouraryan
SP Week-End: The 3L's
Over the last number of weeks, I have been getting to know a Scholar by the name of Tariq Ramadan. Tariq Ramadan is a leading European Scholar who was banned by the Bush Adminstration for supporting terrorists. Secretary Clinton lifted the ban on Tariq Ramadan earlier in the year. This ban cost the poor man a tenured Professorship at Notre Dame.
I caught his interview with Amy Goodman from Democracy Now. As he discussed the plight of the Muslims around the World, there is one interesting principle that I fully and completely agree with: The 3 L's. Professor Ramadan defined the 3L's to be Respect for the Law, Respect and Understand the language and to be critically loyal. Although this is how Muslims and Immigrants should act, it is also a profound lesson for all to take to heart.
I am with him when he tells the world that people are afraid and want to somehow create this fear mentality that should be discouraged every day:
He epitomizes the notion that one can disagree without being disagreeable. Believe it or not, Tariq Ramadan's view are truly the mainstream of Muslim Thinking around the world. It seems as if such reasoned approach should be encouraged to counter this perception of so-called radicalism that has done so much to transform our World.
I caught his interview with Amy Goodman from Democracy Now. As he discussed the plight of the Muslims around the World, there is one interesting principle that I fully and completely agree with: The 3 L's. Professor Ramadan defined the 3L's to be Respect for the Law, Respect and Understand the language and to be critically loyal. Although this is how Muslims and Immigrants should act, it is also a profound lesson for all to take to heart.
I am with him when he tells the world that people are afraid and want to somehow create this fear mentality that should be discouraged every day:
He epitomizes the notion that one can disagree without being disagreeable. Believe it or not, Tariq Ramadan's view are truly the mainstream of Muslim Thinking around the world. It seems as if such reasoned approach should be encouraged to counter this perception of so-called radicalism that has done so much to transform our World.
