Tariq Ramadan rejects ‘clash of civilizations’ idea

At an interfaith conference in Prague sponsored by former Czech president Vaclav Havel, a prominent Muslim intellectual rejected the notion that the world is on the verge of a clash of civilizations between Islam and the West. Tariq Ramadan describes himself as a “Western Muslim.” He says the “clash of civilizations” idea fails to consider the large and growing Muslim presence in the West.

Radio Free Europe, 2 December 2004