The “Muslim Martin Luther,” Tariq Ramadan, is again in the news, as he is facing new charges of rape. This time, after being “charged in France with raping two women, has now had further allegations made against him.” Although Tariq Ramadan has continued to claim he is innocent and has for years been considered to […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Tariq Ramadan, Qatar, and the Muslim Brotherhood
Two French journalists, Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot, have come out with a new study of how Qatar spends hundreds of millions of dollars to pay for projects in Western Europe connected to the Muslim Brotherhood. Details of the lavish payments made by Qatar to Muslim Brotherhood organisations in Europe, including furnishing funds the academic […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Tariq Ramadan Makes His First Appearance In Public
On March 18 in Seine Saint-Denis, a commune in the suburbs of Paris where Muslims, mostly from the Maghreb, make up a considerable part of the population, the mayor’s office had organized a public discussion, held at the Hotel de ville (City Hall) on the subject of “fighting everyday violence against women.” (“Lutter contre les […]
Accused rapist “Muslim Martin Luther” Tariq Ramadan attends conference on violence against women
Islamic supremacists have always been notable for their chutzpah, and Tariq Ramadan is no exception. Women’s rights indeed. One of Ramadan’s accusers says he told her he was raping her “because you don’t wear a hijab.” “Tariq Ramadan attends a conference on violence against women,” translated from “Tariq Ramadan assiste à une conférence sur les […]
France: Court rejects “Muslim Martin Luther” Tariq Ramadan’s request that rape charges against him be dropped
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 […]