French Court Sentences Scholar Tariq Ramadan to 18 Years for Rape

Tariq Ramadan, a Swiss Islamic scholar and Oxford professor, was sentenced in absentia by a Paris court to 18 years imprisonment for raping three women from 2009 to 2016. The court highlighted the severity of his crimes, including violence and threats, and imposed a ban on his entry into French territory during his sentence. Given Ramadan's absence and multiple sclerosis condition, the trial proceeded behind closed doors, and the case marks a significant legal outcome against a prominent intellectual figure.