Tariq Ramadan acquitted of charges of rape and sexual coercion by Swiss court
by Angelique Chrisafis in Paris from on (#6BWH4)
Judges clear academic and Islam scholar of all charges in case brought by Swiss woman
The prominent Swiss academic and Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan has been acquitted of charges of rape and sexual coercion against a woman in a Geneva hotel in 2008.
The lawyer for the complainant immediately announced that she would appeal. The woman, a Swiss convert to Islam, had told the court she was raped on 28 October 2008.
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