Title: Faith / Integration and communitarianism

Author: Tariq Ramadan

Publisher: TAWHID

Medium: DVD

Theme: Civilization of Islam

Description: The question of faith and our relationship to the world, Tafsir of sura 24 (An-Nur) (verse 41 to 46) and Integration and Communitarianism, what are we talking about? : Conference by Tariq Ramadan lasting 0h31 (part 1) and 0h40 (part 2). Part 1: The question of faith (Tawhid) and our relationship to the world The dogma of Islam is the existence of God, Unique and Creator. The ensuing principle is that the entire universe belongs to God who is, in essence, its Owner. Thus man lives in a universe of which all the elements are signs when he remembers God. The elements are sacred when the memory of faith is summoned; they become profane through forgetfulness and neglect. This shows how great is the responsibility of man who, in addition to the deposit of faith, must and will have to give an account of his management of the world. This is the meaning of the Koranic parable: “Yes, we had proposed the deposit of faith in the heavens, the earth and the mountains. They refused to take it on, they were frightened. Only man has taken care of it, but it is unjust and full of ignorance." Quran 33/72 Part 2: Integration and communitarianism: What are we talking about? It is necessary today to destroy the Muslim identity in the West by avoiding the process of reaction. This means considering both the teaching of Islam and the European environment. This is the only way, it seems, for Muslims to in the West to avoid the reactive posture in the future, so that they finally move towards a more affirmative and confident self-representation.The French model of "integration" is considered "assimilationist" in most other countries Europeans, while the British multicultural society is called "communitarian" in France and, therefore, is constantly cited as "anti-model". In the twists and turns of these complex debates, the reality of the Muslim living in the West seems simply to have evaporated It is however necessary to draw a more precise and more empirical picture of this reality before proposing a definition of Muslim identity and of the modes of a "positive integration" which means, from an Islamic point of view, an authentic integration of hearts, “an integration of intimacies”.