All over the world, we see it on virtually a daily basis: Islamic supremacists use intimidation as a weapon to paralyze their foes and get what they want, in matters large and small, professional and personal. And here we are again.
“Tariq Ramadan case: the psychiatric report that afflicts him,” translated from “Affaire Tariq Ramadan : le rapport psychiatrique qui l’accable,” Valeurs Actuelles, May 20, 2020:
According to an expert opinion consulted by Le Figaro, the theologian used “contempt, lies and manipulation on his victims”.
Having decided to focus his defense on the racism and Islamophobia of which he claims to be a victim, Tariq Ramadan will have to consult, in the case between him and several complainants, with experts to say the least compromising thing: according to this document, consulted by Le Figaro, the preacher is said to have heavily tried, psychologically and sexually, the women who accuse him of rape.
“A mixture of extreme violence”
The psychological report was drawn up by Dr Daniel Zagury on behalf of the three investigating judges in charge of the case. The doctor met with all of the French complainants, including “Christelle” (an assumed name) and Henda Ayari. Objective: to determine the nature of their relationship with Tariq Ramadan. The result is a “massive idealization for a known, respected and admired person”, a “submission”, or even “a set of mechanisms which allow a psyche to exercise all power over another psyche, for its sole benefit and without consideration for the desire of the other ”.
The expert distinguishes several phases, one of which consists of “intense romantic feelings” which led the two women mentioned above “to consent to sexual intercourse”. However, these complainants did not consent to the acts mentioned “as a mixture of extreme violence”. According to Henda Ayari’s lawyer, Jonas Haddad, “two conditions must be met to be able to characterize rape”, including the sexual act. The latter was “recognized by Tariq Ramadan,” said the lawyer. He adds that the other condition “was the absence of Ms. Ayari’s consent. “The qualification of right-of-way clearly answers this,” he said.
“Lack of consent”
As for “Christelle”, she seems to have lived her relationship with the preacher, notes the psychiatrist, in “a mixture of disbelief, intense satisfaction and narcissistic restoration, against a background of emotional deficiency in childhood”. Therefore, “the facts are recounted as a traumatic event dominated by surprise, violence and the absence of consent for imposed practices”, as can be read in the report.