US EditionTariq Ramadan: French Court Hands Islam Scholar 18-Year Jail Term for Rape
Tariq Ramadan received an 18-year prison sentence and a lifetime ban from France after being found guilty of raping three women, with an arrest warrant issued, court said.
- On Wednesday, a Paris court sentenced Tariq Ramadan to 18 years in prison for the rape of three women, concluding a trial covering assaults between 2009 and 2016.
- Before the allegations surfaced, Ramadan was a professor at Oxford University with visiting roles in Qatar and Morocco; he is a grandson of Hassan, who co-founded the Muslim Brotherhood.
- Ramadan did not attend the trial in person, with his lawyers citing a medical flare-up in Geneva, Switzerland, though a court-ordered assessment rejected this claim; Judge Corinne Goetzmann issued an arrest warrant for the 63-year-old.
- Following a 2024 conviction in Switzerland with a three-year sentence, two suspended, the court also banned Ramadan from France after he completes his current prison term.
- Ramadan has denied the allegations despite admitting to contact with the women, and he maintains no affiliation with extremist groups, though critics debate his interpretation of Islam.
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From Oxford to Prison: Muslim Brotherhood Scion Jailed for Rape
In a definitive conclusion to a decade-long legal struggle, a Paris criminal court sentenced Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan to 18 years in prison for the rape of three women. The verdict was reached behind closed doors and in the defendant’s absence. The court found Ramadan guilty of systematic sexual violence committed in various Parisian hotels between 2009 and 2016. In addition to the heavy prison term, the court imposed a permanent entr…
Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has been sentenced to 18 years in prison by a criminal court in Paris for rape.
Muslim academic Tariq Ramadan sentenced to 18 years for rape by French court
Prominent Muslim intellectual, Professor Tariq Ramadan, has been sentenced in absentia to 18 years in prison by a French court for the rape of three women. The Paris Criminal Court said on Wednesday that the “extreme gravity of the acts,” including the rape of a vulnerable person, justified the sentence, which will also see him […] The post Muslim academic Tariq Ramadan sentenced to 18 years for rape by French court appeared first on 5Pillars.
French court finds Swiss Islamic scholar Ramadan guilty of rape
Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 years in prison by a Paris criminal court for the rape of three women. The verdict marks the latest fall from grace for the former Oxford University professor, who faces a string of rape allegations in Switzerland and France and has already been convicted in the former. A charismatic yet controversial figure in European Islam, Ramadan has always maintained his innocence. While …
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