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The name of Tariq Ramadan is well known in the West. Thanks to his urbane manner and articulate way of expressing himself in a number of languages this Swiss-born academic is a regular contributor to television and radio features dealing with Islam (and Islamism) and the West. In England, his reputation as a "moderate" has won him praise and even an invitation from the Prime Minister to serve on the government's task force on preventing extremism. Meanwhile, as the grandson of Hassan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Ramadan enjoys a certain status in Islamic circles a kind.
