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Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan acquitted in Swiss rape trial -court

Published 24/05/2023, 12:02
Updated 24/05/2023, 12:05
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan, wearing a protective face mask, is seen with his wife Iman Ramadan during his trial at the Paris courthouse, France, September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss academic and Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has been acquitted of charges of rape and sexual coercion against a woman, under a Geneva court ruling announced on Wednesday.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan, wearing a protective face mask, is seen with his wife Iman Ramadan during his trial at the Paris courthouse, France, September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

The charge made by the unnamed Swiss woman, a convert to Islam, related to an alleged incident in a Geneva hotel in 2008. Ramadan had denied the charges.

Ramadan, 60, is a grandson of Hasan al-Banna, an Islamist thinker and activist who founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

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