Islam's new revolutionary

"Referring to those who denounce him for condoning suicide bombings – a claim he successfully challenged in a French court – he says such allegations are deliberately spread by the agents of Islamophobia, especially America's hard-right lobby, who nurture fear through the 'clash of civilisations' theory that the Islamic east and the Christian west are incompatible."

Interview with Tariq Ramadan in The Herald, 26 October 2005