Swiss open rape case against Tariq Ramadan
GENEVA, Sept 17 — Prosecutors in Geneva have opened a rape and sexual misconduct investigation against Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who has been detained in France since February on separate rape charges, Swiss media reported yesterday. The Tribune de Geneve newspaper quoted Geneva’s prosecutor’s office spokesman Henri Della Casa as saying that authorities had decided to […]
Khaled Abou El Fadl On Tariq Ramadan, Zina vs. Rape, and the #MeToo Movement
Dr. Abou El Fadl speaks about the Tariq Ramadan case; explains the difference between the Islamic law adjudication of zina (fornication) versus rape (a crime of terror); and discusses the #MeToo movement. An excerpt from the Usuli Institute Halaqa of July 28, 2018.
Police question Tariq Ramadan over sex abuse claims
French police have questioned prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan over allegations over rape and sexual assault. Two women filed complaints against Ramadan for an alleged rape in 2009 and an alleged sexual assault in 2012. Ramadan, a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Oxford, has denied the allegations. One of the women claims […]
Muslim activist details rape claims against Oxford professor
A Muslim feminist activist who has accused prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of violent rape detailed her claims in a hard-hitting interview Monday. The leading Oxford professor, whose grandfather founded Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Islamist movement, is facing investigations in France for the alleged rape of two women. Ramadan has denied the accusations as a “campaign […]
‘The Harvey Weinstein of Islam’ – anyone?
A spectre is haunting Hollywood – the spectre of a sexual predator named Harvey Weinstein. All the powers of liberal elite have gathered their forces to exorcise this infamy. From New York Times and the New Yorker to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences down to every website and tabloid from coast to […]