One of Ramadan’s accusers says he told her he was raping her “because you don’t wear a hijab.” “French court rejects request to drop rape charges against Islamic scholar Ramadan,” AFP, March 14, 2019: The Paris Court of Appeals on Thursday rejected Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan’s request that two rape charges against him be dropped. […]
Tariq Ramadan: The Lowdown On His Downloads
The brief story from Al-Arabiya gives us the lowdown on his downloads: “Police find 776 pornographic photos on Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan’s laptops,” Al Arabiya, December 2, 2018: In the latest scandal to hit Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, 776 pornographic photos – including some purportedly of the women currently suing him on sexual and rape […]
Tariq Ramadan: The Foul Fiend’s Foul Past (Part Three)
On September 16, another shoe dropped. A Swiss woman (and a Muslim), not one of his former students, had accused Ramadan in April of rape and assault. After five months of investigation, a Geneva prosecutor considered the complaint to be sufficiently serious to open another, criminal, investigation against Ramadan in early September, the Tribune de […]
Tariq Ramadan: The Foul Fiend’s Foul Past (Part Two)
A second Muslim woman in Paris also accused Ramadan of raping her in a hotel room in 2009. The unnamed 42-year-old, who is reported to have disability in her legs, said that the professor had subjected her to a terrifying and violent sexual assault. The French edition of Vanity Fair magazine, whose staff met the […]
Tariq Ramadan: The Foul Fiend’s Foul Past (Part One)
Yesterday I discussed the new report on Tariq Ramadan, the “towering intellect” and “leading Islamic scholar,” that has just been released by the Swiss authorities. It details his life as a high school teacher in Geneva and serial seducer of his underage Swiss students, among whom four came forward months ago to accuse him of […]
Latest Report on Tariq Ramadan: “Sexual Relationships with Three Students Aged Between 15 and 18”
Here is the latest from The National, a paper that appears in the Emirates, where the Muslim Brotherhood is despised and so, too, is Tariq Ramadan, as the loyal grandson of the Brotherhood’s founder, Hasan Al-Banna. “Confidential report unearths Tariq Ramadan’s foul past,” The National, November 29, 2018: A devastating new report summarising Swiss investigations […]
France: Accused rapist and renowned moderate Muslim Tariq Ramadan wins bail in rape case
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 […]
Tariq Ramadan claims consensual sex with women accusing him of rape, after previously denying any physical contact
Tariq Ramadan’s changing of his story at this point both reveals the dishonesty of this much-lauded Islamic “reformer,” and shows that he realizes how strong the case is against him. 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 […]
Lawyer for woman accusing Tariq Ramadan of rape says he “sees enemies everywhere, he is a conspiracy theorist”
“Ramadan sees enemies everywhere, he is a conspiracy theorist, and my client was able to look him in the eye and tell him that she was not his enemy but his victim.” No, when Islamic supremacists are accused, they are always the victim, both in their own eyes and in the eyes of the establishment […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: For Tariq Ramadan, Another Shoe Drops
Tariq Ramadan, the “towering intellect” and “leading Islamic scholar,” has just had another shoe drop. But before getting to the latest installment of our seriocomic tale, let’s begin at the beginning. To refresh memories, Ramadan is currently being held in a French prison, and has been there since February 2, while awaiting trial on charges […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: The Calendrical Confusions of Henda Ayari Not Enough to Set Tariq Ramadan Free
Henda Ayari, the former Salafist who was the first of many women in France, Switzerland, Belgium, and the United States to accuse Tariq Ramadan of violent sexual assault and rape, has never wavered in her vivid account of what he did to her. But from the very beginning, she has had a hard time, as she has […]
Khaled Abou El Fadl: Tariq Ramadan is the New Dreyfus
UPDATE: Khaled Abou El Fadl’s article about Tariq Ramadan, discussed below, has been removed, without explanation. Could even Abou El Fadl himself have realized its shoddiness and incoherence? — Ed. ———- Khaled Abou El Fadl is a professor of law at UCLA who stands very high in Khaled Abou El Fadl’s estimation. He runs a […]
Tariq Ramadan: Too Devilishly Attractive For His Own Good
The lawyers for Tariq Ramadan, the “towering intellect” and “foremost Islamic scholar,” recently won a lone victory: the judges considering the accusations against him by the woman known as “Marie,” whose real name is Mounia Barrouj. On June 5, the French judges handling Ramadan’s case dismissed the charges made by “Marie.” As I wrote at […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Tariq Ramadan Wins One
The latest installment in the long-running saga of Tariq Ramadan, the “towering intellect” and “leading Islamic scholar” took place on June 5, and represented a victory — the only one so far — for his lawyers. His supporters are ecstatic. To refresh memories, Ramadan is currently being held in a French prison while awaiting trial […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Tariq Ramadan Accuser Henda Ayari Corrects Herself
Henda Ayari, the first woman to have accused Tariq Ramadan of sexual assault, has changed her account of the events that led up to the incident, the French daily Liberation first reported on Wednesday, May 30. Here is the story from Al Jazeera: “Tariq Ramadan’s accuser changes details of rape account,” Al Jazeera, May 30, […]
France: Muslim “reformer” and accused violent rapist Tariq Ramadan ordered to remain in prison
Tariq Ramadan has only recently started claiming that he has multiple sclerosis, after he was denied bail on the rape charges he is facing. How convenient that he would suddenly turn out to be too ill to remain behind bars. He should not be released. One of his accusers has already been beaten and threatened. […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: In Defense of Tariq Ramadan, Hatem Bazian Tries to Write English
Here is an article by a certain Hatem Bazian on the victimization of Professor Tariq Ramadan, a “towering intellect” and “foremost Islamic scholar” who, Dr. Bazian claims, is being treated with monumental unfairness by the French justice system just because he is a Muslim. But before getting to that article, it helps to know a […]
Tariq Ramadan rape accuser says he told her he was raping her “because you don’t wear a hijab”
There are new items of interest to those following the tale of Tariq Ramadan, here and here. The first item is about Tariq Ramadan’s health. It’s partly old news: the claim that he has been suffering from multiple sclerosis — apparently, according to his lawyers, “since 2006,” though it was only revealed after he was […]
Tariq Ramadan: One More Accusation with “Aggravating Circumstances”
The latest news about Tariq Ramadan, one of the world’s “foremost intellects,” “one of the most renowned of Islamic scholars,” named by TIME in 2004 as “one of the 100 most influential people in the world today,” comes from Switzerland. It’s not about the four underage pupils he taught in a Geneva high school in […]
Accuser of Tariq Ramadan Beaten and Threatened: “Next Time It Will Be Gasoline”
The latest explosive charge involving Tariq Ramadan comes from “Marie,” the third woman to accuse the “world’s foremost Muslim scholar” and “towering intellect” of rape. She has said she was beaten at her home shortly after filing her complaint against Ramadan. Two men forced their way into the lobby of her building on March 25. “Tariq […]