French court sentences Islamic scholar to 18 years in prison for rape
A French court convicted Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of raping three women, sentencing him to 18 years in prison. His absence from trial was attributed to health issues, which the court rejected, leading to an arrest warrant and a ban on entering France post-sentence.
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“French court sentences Islamic scholar to 18 years in prison for rape”
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— The French ban on face covering is the result of an act of parliament passed in 2010 banning the wearing of face-covering headgear, including masks, helmets, balaclavas, niqābs and other veils coveri…
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— Islam is the second-largest religion in France after Christianity. As of the most recent estimates, it is followed by approximately 10% of the population aged 18–59 in 2019-2020—according to data from…
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— The Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO; French: Organisation du Jihad Islamique (OJI); Arabic: حركة الجهاد الإسلامي, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Jihād al-'Islāmiyy, lit. 'Islamic Jihad Movement') was a Shia Le…
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“Tariq Ramadan, currently in Switzerland, was found guilty of raping three women in a Paris trial”
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— Caroline Fourest (French: [kaʁɔlin fuʁɛst]; born 19 September 1975), is a French writer, feminist political commentator, film director, and journalist. She is a radio presenter at France Culture, and …
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— Henda Ayari (born 4 December 1976) is a French writer, feminist and secular activist.
Previously a Salafi Muslim, in 2015 she founded the association Libératrices, which helps defend women and prevent…
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— Tariq Ramadan (Arabic: طارق رمضان [tˤaːriq ramadˤaːn]; born 26 August 1962) is a Swiss Muslim academic, philosopher and writer, convicted of rape. He has held academic positions including professor of…
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“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”
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— European Islam, or Euro-Islam, is a hypothesized new branch of Islam that historically originated and developed among the European peoples of the Balkans (primarily Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ko…
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— Henda Ayari (born 4 December 1976) is a French writer, feminist and secular activist.
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— Tariq Ramadan (Arabic: طارق رمضان [tˤaːriq ramadˤaːn]; born 26 August 1962) is a Swiss Muslim academic, philosopher and writer, convicted of rape. He has held academic positions including professor of…
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“While he had been on trial in Paris since March 2 for rapes allegedly committed against three women between 2009 and 2016, Ramadan did not appear in court in person”
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“His lawyer cited a 'flare-up' of multiple sclerosis requiring hospitalisation in Geneva to explain his absence - but this was rejected by a court-ordered medical assessment”
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“Presiding Judge Corinne Goetzmann said a warrant for the 63-year-old’s arrest had been issued. The court also barred the scholar from setting foot on French territory again after the end of his sentence”
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