Er Er Tariq Ramadan

[Inaamul Islam]

Below is the transcript of an interview between Tariq Ramadan and John Humphrey. This self professed moderate shows what a lame duck he is with his views as he gets cornered on the topic of hudud to the extent where you could almost say he is a heretic

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/misc/scripts/humphrysramadan.html

Wasalam

[Abuz Zubair]

So I'm talking to Muslims okay look it's in the text, but the way you read the text and you want to implement this literally is betraying the very objective of the text.That reminds me of Ash'aris!

[Abuz Zubair]

Tariq Ramadan: Look when it happened in Nigeria, when it's happening now in Saudi Arabia, I condemn that, it's not, it's not implementable, it's not...
John Humphrys: So it is wrong to stone people to death.
Tariq Ramadan: I said that.
John Humphrys: Right.

[Abuz Zubair]

Tariq Ramadan: My position as a believer, I want to open a debate, I'm not alone, we have, this is my personal conviction, but I I'm dealing with Muslims. I want to open a debate, and to open a debate I have to do something which is really important. Stop using intrumentalising Islam to kill poor people and woman because they are the victims of what we're doing now. So stop to do that and open a debate. You know what am Amnesty International is doing in the States, they are against this penalty. But in some States they cannot say that, it's not possible, it's not going to be accepted. So what's the first step of the discussion, moratorium. Do you understand that.
John Humphrys: Alright, I'll accept that.



Basically... as I said peviously, moratorium is only the first step. The next step is to abolish.