Tariq Ramadan and The Arab Awakening

Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the Oxford University and the author of The Arab Awakening: Islam and the New Middle East. He discusses: --  just how Islamic are the mass movements across the Middle East --  why he refuses to refer to the uprisings as the 'Arab Spring' --  that Western countries were involved in training the cyber-dissidents, while at the same point in time allies of the very same governments --  if the uprisings caught him by surprise, as it did most of the world --  howto reconcile the role of Islam, Islamists, Secularism and Politcs --  the real socio-political change that needs to take place: in education, equality, women's rights, social justice --  the Muslim Brotherhood and what kind of Islamist rulers will they be for Egypt --  why he is not a member of the Brotherhood, which was founded by his grandfather --  the way forward for the Arab worldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.