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Oxford professor Tariq Ramadan charged with raping two women
The prominent Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan, a professor of contemporary Islamic studies at the University of Oxford, has been charged with rape and ordered to remain in custody in France.
Ramadan, 55, is being held on charges of rape and rape of a vulnerable person after two women accused him of violently assaulting them in hotel rooms in Lyon and Paris in 2009 and 2012 after conferences.
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A regular face on French television, he is the most prominent figure to be held in France after the women, emboldened by the #MeToo campaign to stamp out sexual assault and harassment, went to the police.
The professor – who made his name as an author and commentator on modern Islam, as well as advising successive British governments on Islam and society – has denied the separate accusations by the two women.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/02/oxford-professor-of-islamic-studies-charged-with-raping-two-women
Ramadan, 55, is being held on charges of rape and rape of a vulnerable person after two women accused him of violently assaulting them in hotel rooms in Lyon and Paris in 2009 and 2012 after conferences.
...
A regular face on French television, he is the most prominent figure to be held in France after the women, emboldened by the #MeToo campaign to stamp out sexual assault and harassment, went to the police.
The professor – who made his name as an author and commentator on modern Islam, as well as advising successive British governments on Islam and society – has denied the separate accusations by the two women.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/02/oxford-professor-of-islamic-studies-charged-with-raping-two-women
You may remember Ramadan from when his visa to teach at Notre Dame was refused by the Bush administration: https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1070571
