Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan is held in France on rape allegations

[TomSea]

Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan is held in France on rape allegations
Kim Willsher
Jan 31, 2018 | 3:25 PM

| PARIS
Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan is held in France on rape allegations

Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan delivers a speech during a French Muslim organizations' meeting on Feb. 7, 2016, in Lille, northern France. (Michel Spingler / Associated Press)

The high-profile Muslim academic Tariq Ramadan has been taken into custody by French police investigating allegations of rape and sexual assault.

Ramadan, a Swiss national who spends a significant amount of time in France, was being questioned by detectives in Paris on Wednesday evening. A preliminary inquiry has been opened after two women filed official complaints last year claiming he violently attacked them. He is also accused of making death threats against one of his alleged victims.

Ramadan, 55, a professor of contemporary Islamic studies at Oxford University since 2009, has strenuously denied the allegations and filed a counter complaint for slander against one of his accusers, the writer Henda Ayari.

Read more at: http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-france-ramadan-20180131-story.html

[WarmPotato]

HOW UNEXPECTED - NOT! :P

[Fishrrman]

Sounds like he practiced what he preached!

[GtHawk]

I understand he is subpoenaing Whoopi as a witness, he'll have her testify that the charges should be dismissed because it wasn't rape rape.