France issues a warrant for the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood's leader in Europe, Tariq Ramadan
Switzerland has already convicted Tariq Ramadan of rape. He is now on trial in France as well for several sexual assaults. The complainants describe him as a sexual predator who exploits his prestige within European Islam.
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The French judiciary has issued a warrant for the arrest of Tariq Ramadan after he failed to appear at the trial that opened this March in Paris over several allegations of rape. The Swiss preacher did not appear before the court and the prosecution immediately requested his detention. According to various French media outlets, Ramadan has for years been using legal resources, medical reports and adjournment requests to delay the proceedings., opened following complaints filed almost a decade ago.
In fact, the Islamist leader already he had tried to avoid the trial because it coincides with Ramadan, alleging that the hunger strike could affect his physical and mental faculties. His lawyers even filed a motion to recuse the judge and remove her from the case, arguing that holding the trial during this religious period would violate their right to a fair trial.
According to reports Radio France, Ramadan announced that he could not attend the trial because he was hospitalised in Geneva. due to a worsening of his multiple sclerosis. However, an independent medical assessment concluded that he was fit to stand trial, and the court decided to proceed with the case and issue a warrant for his arrest.
Ramadan on trial for multiple rape charges
The trial examines the allegations of three women who accuse Ramadan of having raped them between 2009 and 2016 after contacts via social media and meetings in hotels. The complainants maintain that He exploited his influence and prestige within European Islamic circles to gain the victims' trust before abusing them.. Among the complainants are activist Henda Ayari and a woman with a disability known by the pseudonym “Christelle”. If found guilty, he faces sentences of up to twenty years' imprisonment.
This case adds to the conviction handed down in Switzerland, where the courts had already found him guilty of rape for incidents that took place in 2008 at a hotel in Geneva. The sentence, subsequently upheld by the Swiss Federal Court, imposed a three-year prison term.
For years, Tariq Ramadan has cultivated a public image as a moderate intellectual and a proponent of a “European Islam” compatible with democracy. This façade has opened the doors of universities, institutions and Western media to him., who has been presented as a respected voice of the Muslim world. In Barcelona, for example, He participated in the institutional definition of the concept of ’Islamophobia.“ promoted by the City Council during Ada Colau's term in office, a framework that ultimately equated religious or cultural criticism of Islam with a form of discrimination.
But his critics have long denounced his double language: a conciliatory discourse to Western audiences and a very different message when addressing Muslim audiences. The women who have accused him of sexual assault. They describe precisely this ability to seduce, persuade and manipulate as a central part of their behaviour., ensuring that he used his prestige and his image as a religious man to gain the victims' trust before the assaults took place.
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