is a prominent Muslim academic whose views on Islam reflect a reformist perspective. He advocates the study and interpretation of Islamic texts within the context of an “European Islam”, and he emphasizes the heterogeneous nature of Western Muslims and the necessity of their contribution to European society. Two of the world’s most influential magazines, Prospect and Foreign Policy, rank him at number 8 in a list of the world’s top 100 contemporary intellectuals. His works include Islam, the West, and the Challenge of Modernity (2001), Western Muslims and the future of Islam (2004), In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad (2007) and Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation (2009). Tariq Ramadan teaches Islamic Studies at the University of Oxford and is currently Visiting Professor of Citizenship and Identity at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. More information can be found on his website.