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Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan guilty of rape, Swiss appeal court finds



Judges overturn lower court acquittal and sentence former Oxford professor to three years in jail A Swiss appeal court has found the Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan guilty of raping a woman in a Geneva hotel 15 years ago, overturning a lower court acquittal.The court said it “annuls the judgment of 24 May 2023” and sentenced the former Oxford University professor, 62, to three years in prison, two of them suspended. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/10/islamic-scholar-tariq-ramadan-guilty-of-swiss-appeal-court-find

Author : Agence France-Presse in Geneva

Publish date : 2024-09-10 16:40:57

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