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France: Accused rapist and renowned moderate Muslim Tariq Ramadan wins bail in rape case

Nov 17, 2018 1:00 pm By Robert Spencer

He claims he will not flee the country to escape justice, but we shall see. He has to hand over his passport, but that is not an insurmountable obstacle. The accusations are extremely serious, and the case is being investigated in an atmosphere of Muslim Brotherhood thuggery: one of his accusers has already been beaten and threatened.

That’s not the only violent aspect of the Ramadan case. One accuser said he subjected her to “blows to the face and body, forced sodomy, rape with an object and various humiliations, including being dragged by the hair to the bathtub and urinated on.”

Another one of his accusers said he told her he was raping her because she didn’t wear a hijab.

“Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan wins bail in France rape case,” AFP, November 15, 2018:

Swiss Islamologist Tariq Ramadan wins bail while French authorities investigate allegations from two women that he raped them in 2009 and 2012

Tariq Ramadan, a leading Islamic scholar held in France since February on charges he raped two women, on Thursday won conditional release as the allegations continued to be investigated, his lawyer told AFP.

A Paris appeals court ruled in favour of Ramadan after the 56-year-old Swiss academic made an impassioned argument for release. His bail was set at 300,000 euros ($340,000) and requires him to hand over his passport and report to police once a week.

“Where would I flee to?” he asked in his hearing, his first public appearance since his incarceration.

Ramadan denies charges he raped the women in 2009 and 2012. One accuser is a disabled woman identified in media reports as “Christelle” and the other is a feminist activist, Henda Ayari.

But last month Ramadan was forced to drop assertions he had no sexual contact at all with the women after an expert recovered 399 text messages between him and “Christelle”, some of which detailed violent sexual fantasies. Ramadan subsequently said the sexual contact was “consensual”.

In court, Ramadan said he had no intention of becoming a fugitive from justice, and said his multiple sclerosis meant he had difficulty walking after 10 months locked up.

“I will remain in France and defend my honour and my innocence,” the well-known TV commentator told the judges in what was his fourth bid to secure his freedom.

“I would like you to make your decision from your conscience, not because my name is Tariq Ramadan and I’m demonised in this country,” he said.

He portrayed his accusers as liers [sic] bending media attention in the case to their benefit, asking: “Who has instrumentalised the ‘Me Too’ movement?”…

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  1. cyrus says

    Nov 17, 2018 at 1:07 pm

    to these beasts our politicians and magistrates are sending the wrong message that they can rape our women without being arrested because it is their religion that allows it and we have to adapt

    • Stefan cel Mare says

      Nov 17, 2018 at 4:00 pm

      We all send this message. Not only our politicians.

  2. Walter Sieruk says

    Nov 17, 2018 at 1:47 pm

    Regarding those Muslim migrants who were allowed to enter the different countries of Western Europe with result in them not only being ungrateful but even worse yet many of those Muslim migrants becoming so very arrogant to the point that they became criminals . As in some of them engaged in rioting and even rapes of the European girls and women. In addition to this vile brutal behavior by the heinous Muslim who were kindly permitted to enter the nations of Europe to live, As the countries of ,for example France, Germany Sweden, Denmark etc. This unthankful Islamic spirit on the part of those lawless violent Muslims who immigrated to the countries of Europe may be explain, in part, by the fact that the Muslim fundamentalist group that even had the president of Egypt assassinated in the month of October of the year 1981 has a fifty –five booklet that is was written only for Muslims fundamentalists but was later discover by non-Muslims. This booklet’s title is THE NEGLECTED DUTY. One scholar, Johannes Jansen who had thoroughly investigated Islam and Islamic terrorism has even discover that those Muslims, who had entered Europe of behaved in violent and heinous ways, are actually action out what they view and a sacred individual duty of the jihad as by engaging in awful violent criminal action in non-Muslim lands . As Jansen revealed that jihad booklet of Islam, THE NEGLECTED DUTY “contains all the ideological material needed to justify the attacks of 9/11 or any other acts of terror committed to frighten non-Muslims. And he thinks the document explains the criminal behavior of suburban and center –city immigrant youngsters in many European cities; its author clearly ‘sees Islam as license to kill rob and commit arson.’ “ [1] Nevertheless, many of the apologists for Islam still have that blatant gall , in spite of all the facts of reality, to actually make the claim the Islam is a “peaceful religion.” What a totally false to make that Islam is “a peaceful religion “What Bull! A “peaceful religion” indeed.

    [1] THE ISLAM IN ISLAMIC TERRORISM by Ibn Warraq pages 308, 309.

    • Stefan cel Mare says

      Nov 17, 2018 at 3:59 pm

      They were criminals before they came. They came in our world because they know we are weak. They came to take slaves, to conquer, they came to take everything we don’t want to defend. Including our lives. This is obvious. It is us who can’t understand reality. They know what they want and they are ready to fight for. We don’t know what we want. We lost the courage to fight and defend what is ours.

  3. Jim Conch says

    Nov 17, 2018 at 1:48 pm

    Please tell me why anyone’s conscience should help them make a decision as to someone’s guilt or innocence? Why not look at the facts and those would surely condemn him.

  4. Hugh Fitzgerald says

    Nov 17, 2018 at 2:00 pm

    It’s still a puzzlement as to why the “towering intellect” was let out on bail just now. Could it have been that the size of the bail — $350,000 — was deemed sufficient to guarantee his reappearance in court? He has friends in the Gulf for whom such a sum is far less than the amount they lose at Crockford’s of an evening in old Londinium. But on the other hand, one assumes he will be wearing a GPS tracking device, as well as being kept under surveillance by the French police. After everything his wife has learned about her husband, and his nauseating behavior, ii will be fascinating to see how warm his welcome home will be.

  5. Angemon says

    Nov 17, 2018 at 2:33 pm

    A Paris appeals court ruled in favour of Ramadan after the 56-year-old Swiss academic made an impassioned argument for release…

    […]

    “I would like you to make your decision from your conscience, not because my name is Tariq Ramadan and I’m demonised in this country,” he said.

    Oh, the poor little victim, being “demonized” just because of his name!!!

  6. Walter Sieruk says

    Nov 17, 2018 at 3:14 pm

    This specific case of that Muslim who committed the heinous crime of rape against a French female is all part of the absurdity evil and madness of Muslim arrogance and contempt as well as Muslim hate for all Westerners , Western laws Western civilization and Western society as a whole.

    Furthermore, many jihadist /Muslims have the Islamic agenda and quest to conquer the nations of the West for Islam. Either “by hook or by crook” as in by engaging in the stealth jihad or in the violent and deadly “jihad of the sword.” Likewise part of all this in is by the Muslim infiltration of the Western countries which is being accomplished by the great number of Muslim migrants who are entering the Western nations.
    As a Former Muslim had revealed in his book when he wrote that “there has been large –scale immigration into the West, from Islamic nations…of Muslims who are implacably hostile to the West, have no desire to learn why the West became so rich and tolerant , and certainly have no desire to assimilate. They feel no gratitude of allegiance to their Western host nations; their only obligations are to fellow Muslims.”
    The author further clarifies by adding. “The mere presence of so many Muslims in the West had affected the domestic and international behavior of governments, whose foreign policy is dominated by fear of offending their Muslim population ready to riot on the slightest pretext. Those unassimilated Muslims are committed to introducing Islamic laws in the West. , and they are able to do so cleverly exploiting the freedoms created over the centuries by the infidels.” [1]
    As for that above statement that the “Muslim population [is] ready to riot on the slightest pretext…” This is valid evidence that the old saying is true .Which is that “Evil is always looking for an excuse.”
    On this very important subject another scholar in his book informs the reader that “Islamic involvement in the political process is much more advanced in Europe than in the United States.” and he further makes it known that “Of all the continents of the world, Europe is probably the number one target by Muslim strategists who are seeking world dominance.” [2]

    [1] THE ISLAM IN ISLAMIC TERRORISM by Ibn Warraq, page 354
    [2] HOW ISLAM PLANS TO CHANCE THE WORLD by William Wagner , pages 176, 195.

  7. gravenimage says

    Nov 17, 2018 at 3:37 pm

    France: Accused rapist and renowned moderate Muslim Tariq Ramadan wins bail in rape case
    ………………….

    Will he flee to Dar-al-Islam–somewhere where raping unveiled women is perfectly Halal?

    • Stefan cel Mare says

      Nov 17, 2018 at 4:33 pm

      Why? For him Europe is safer than Saudi Arabia.

    • Stefan cel Mare says

      Nov 17, 2018 at 4:37 pm

      Why? Most unveiled women are in Europe. And what danger is he facing in Europe?

  8. Hiram says

    Nov 17, 2018 at 8:35 pm

    Filthy rat.

  9. Lavéritétriomphera says

    Nov 18, 2018 at 4:14 am

    Adultery is not punishable by law in France, but rape and threats are punishable by law, until there is no evidence, one can argue that bail can not be denied.

    • WPM says

      Nov 18, 2018 at 7:54 am

      No evidence? if they was no evidence he would not be facing trial for rape ? Are you saying there is evidence or no evidence in your statement? Bail is also based on the accused flight risk , and the crime accused of,I would say his is a high flight risk ,I would say rape is a serious crime that demands with the evidence shown here .If he were not a famous , a darling Moslem love by the media I would think bail would not be granted on his flight risk alone. Comparing this crime of force violent rape to “adultery” is silly making him the victim of the media “soiling his name ‘hurting his pride ,because a Moslem men are not expected to control their sex drive when seeing unveiled uncovered women. By Sharia law he has committed no crime . The judge is bending to Sharia law by granting bail to this man ,he was accused of a violent rape ,who is a flight risk because his “Islam pride and ego was hurt” not the violence he is accused of committing against a number of unwilling victims. His pride and reputation is more important then the violence he committed against these women ,in Islam pride male ego threated give an excuse for violence every time especial when unbelievers make the threat. How dare these women tempt me a proud Islamic male ,who cannot keep it in my pants!

      • Lavéritétriomphera says

        Nov 18, 2018 at 9:40 am

        Henda Ayari claimed having irrefutable evidences, she must show them. Now that Tariq Ramadan is out in bail she says she is harassed: anonymous calls, threats.

    • Valley of the Bones says

      Nov 18, 2018 at 9:53 am

      “until there is no evidence, one can argue that bail can not be denied.”
      Surely you really meant to write
      “Until there is evidence, one can argue that bail can not be denied.”

      Otherwise your sentence suggests that if evidence presented in the case is eventually dismissed then he must be granted bail at that point. But if there is no evidence then he should just be freed, no bail required.

      I am not a lawyer and I hope you are not a lawyer either.

      • Lavéritétriomphera says

        Nov 18, 2018 at 12:35 pm

        I am not a lawyer and I do not know all the rationale behind Tariq Ramadan case.

      • Lavéritétriomphera says

        Nov 18, 2018 at 3:54 pm

        “Until there is evidence, one can argue that bail can not be denied.”
        Maybe you are right, I mean to say: bail cannot be denied because of insufficient evidence,against the accused.

  10. Martin says

    Nov 18, 2018 at 6:55 am

    Ramadan will try to do a runner, to where I do not know. I do not know of a country that would take him.

  11. WPM says

    Nov 18, 2018 at 8:54 am

    Take him in with a different identity to disappear many Moslem countries would accept him .Do you think he would just hope on a regular commercial flight with no passport? Or even disappear into a non-Moslem country if he has enough money hidden under different names and identities.

  12. Vicky says

    Nov 18, 2018 at 11:29 am

    In the U.S. we will see more appeasement of muslims and their pagan doctrine as Congress continues to bow to muslims elected to office.

    • WPM says

      Nov 18, 2018 at 4:35 pm

      America does have many appeasers ,but Western Europe seems to have more as the top leaders of government at this time. Europe at this time is flood with military age Moslem male “refugees” also at this time . The story is about an accuse rapist whose ego is hurt in France because he is accused of rape being release on a low bail for a man according to his personal finance position .The judge feels the accuse reputation is more important then the victims he is accused of raping so a low bail is set like OJ I am sure he is not guilty of any of the charges.

  13. peter says

    Nov 18, 2018 at 10:20 pm

    He will probably flee to Saudi Arabia or Sweden where he will be fully protected and honoured

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