Tuesday, February 5, 2008
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John Rosenthal: Would Tariq Ramadan 'Betray' His Grandfather, Hassan Al-Banna? - 'It has often been pointed out that Tariq Ramadan is the grandson of Hassan Al-Banna: the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, the pivotal organization in the history of Islamic fundamentalism. And it has at least just as often been pointed out that this should not matter, since, after all, no one chooses their parents and grandparents. In a debate with Tariq Ramadan on the French public television channel France 3 last Wednesday, the Franco-Tunisian author Abdelwahab Meddeb posed what is in fact the real question in this connection: Is Tariq Ramadan faithful to the legacy of his grandfather's ideas? Below is a translation of the exchange. The immediate context is a discussion of the principle of "laïcité" or the separation of church and state...'
