The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings. Tahar Ben Jelloun attributebeingerror Change image and share on social
Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private. Tahar Ben Jelloun heartpoliticprivate Change image and share on social
The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself. Tahar Ben Jelloun analysisdoubtgive Change image and share on social
I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context. Tahar Ben Jelloun contextculturalinstinctive Change image and share on social
I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity. Tahar Ben Jelloun changecomplicitydenounce share on social
What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre. Tahar Ben Jelloun achieveallowaverage Change image and share on social
The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women. Tahar Ben Jelloun askauthoritybelong Change image and share on social
We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West. We must participate with the West on an equal footing in the reconstruction of the world. Tahar Ben Jelloun behaveequalfoot Change image and share on social
I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile. Tahar Ben Jelloun condemnconditiondeprive Change image and share on social
The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge. Tahar Ben Jelloun arabdesirehealthy Change image and share on social
