Prominent scholar Tariq Ramadan sentenced to 18 years for rape

Prominent scholar Tariq Ramadan sentenced to 18 years for rape Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 03/26/2026 - 10:28 Former Oxford lecturer sentenced in absentia over sexual assault of three women Tariq Ramadan at a news conference in Paris on 30 September 2025 (Stephane De Sakutin/AFP) Off Tariq Ramadan, a prominent Swiss scholar, was sentenced in absentia on Wednesday to 18 years in prison by a French court for the rape of three women. The Paris Criminal Court said the "extreme gravity of the acts", including the rap