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Prominent scholar Tariq Ramadan sentenced to 18 years for rape
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Prominent scholar Tariq Ramadan sentenced to 18 years for rape MEE staff on Thu, 03/26/2026 - 10:28 Former Oxford lecturer sentenced in absentia over sexual assault of three women Tariq Ramadan at a news conference in Paris on 30 September 2025 (Stephane De Sakutin/AFP) Off Tariq Ramadan, a prominent Swiss scholar, was sentenced in absentia on Wednesday to 18 years in prison by a French court for the rape of three women. The Paris Criminal Court said the "extreme gravity of the acts", including the rape of a vulnerable person, justified the sentence, which will also see him banned from French territory at the end of the sentence. Presiding judge Corinne Goetzmann said victims described sexual relations that were initially consensual but turned violent, with one saying she experienced "a fear of imminent death" while Ramadan was strangling her during intercourse. "Consenting to sexuality is not the same as consenting to any sexual act whatsoever," said Goetzmann, adding that there was no "impossibility of retracting one's consent". Ramadan's lawyer, Ouadie Elhamamouchi, who was not present at the verdict, told AFP that the trial had been a "farce" and said the severity of the sentence reflected a "relentless pursuit" of Ramadan. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ramadan, who had already been convicted by a Swiss court for rape, had been on trial in Paris since 2 March for the rape of three other women between 2009 and 2016, charges he denies. A professor of contemporary Islamic studies at Oxford, with visiting roles at universities in Qatar and Morocco, Ramadan was forced to take a leave of absence in 2017 when rape allegations surfaced in France, at the height of the MeToo movement. At the start of the trial in Paris, he did not appear in court, with his lawyers explaining that he had been hospitalised two days earlier in Geneva, due to what they said was a "flare-up" of multiple sclerosis (MS). However, a medical examination ordered by the court ultimately concluded that his MS was "stable", with "no signs of a recent flare-up", and he was therefore fit to stand trial. The presiding judge then decided that the 63-year-old defendant would be tried in absentia, and behind closed doors, as requested by one of the civil parties. His four lawyers left the courtroom, saying they could not defend their client in this "travesty of justice". France News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0
Tariq Ramadan, a prominent Swiss scholar, was sentenced in absentia on Wednesday to 18 years in prison by a French court for the rape of three women.The Paris Criminal Court said the "extreme gravity of the acts", including the rape of a vulnerable person, justified the sentence, which will also see him banned from French territory at the end of the sentence.Presiding judge Corinne Goetzmann said victims described sexual relations that were initially consensual but turned violent, with one saying she experienced "a fear of imminent death" while Ramadan was strangling her during intercourse."Consenting to sexuality is not the same as consenting to any sexual act whatsoever," said Goetzmann, adding that there was no "impossibility of retracting one's consent".Ramadan's lawyer, Ouadie Elhamamouchi, who was not present at the verdict, told AFP that the trial had been a "farce" and said the severity of the sentence reflected a "relentless pursuit" of Ramadan.Ramadan, who had already been convicted by a Swiss court for rape, had been on trial in Paris since 2 March for the rape of three other women between 2009 and 2016, charges he denies.A professor of contemporary Islamic studies at Oxford, with visiting roles at universities in Qatar and Morocco, Ramadan was forced to take a leave of absence in 2017 when rape allegations surfaced in France, at the height of the MeToo movement.At the start of the trial in Paris, he did not appear in court, with his lawyers explaining that he had been hospitalised two days earlier in Geneva, due to what they said was a "flare-up" of multiple sclerosis (MS).However, a medical examination ordered by the court ultimately concluded that his MS was "stable", with "no signs of a recent flare-up", and he was therefore fit to stand trial.The presiding judge then decided that the 63-year-old defendant would be tried in absentia, and behind closed doors, as requested by one of the civil parties.His four lawyers left the courtroom, saying they could not defend their client in this "travesty of justice".
