Tariq Ramadan is a professor of Islamic Studies. He is Senior Research Fellow at St Antony’s College (Oxford), Doshisha University (Kyoto), and Lokahi Foundation (London) and a visiting professor at Erasmus University (Holland). He has written more than 23 books, including “In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad,” (Oxford University Press, 2007) and “Western Muslims and the Future of Islam,” (Oxford University Press, 2004).