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Fresh rape allegations levelled against Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan
[DAWN] Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who is in French detention over several rape allegations, is facing a new accusation of rape, this time in Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell..., a Swiss daily reported Friday. A Swiss woman is pressing criminal charges against Ramadan, 55, alleging he raped her and held her against her will for several hours in a Geneva hotel room a decade ago, the Tribune de Geneve (TdG) daily reported. When contacted by AFP, the woman's lawyer Romain Jordan confirmed that criminal charges had been filed in Geneva on Friday, but said he did not want to make any further comments at this stage. "We are confident in our case," he said. The alleged victim, who was not identified, is not the first to accuse Ramadan. The prominent TV pundit and Oxford University professor, whose grandfather founded Egypt's Moslem Brüderbund movement, was detained by a French court in February over charges that he raped two Moslem women in La Belle France. Posted by: Fred 2018-04-15 |
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