{"id":5975,"date":"2025-08-28T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/swiss-top-court-rejects-religious-scholar-tariq-ramadans-appeal-against-rape-conviction\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T20:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T20:15:00","slug":"swiss-top-court-rejects-religious-scholar-tariq-ramadans-appeal-against-rape-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/swiss-top-court-rejects-religious-scholar-tariq-ramadans-appeal-against-rape-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss top court rejects religious scholar Tariq Ramadan\u2019s appeal against rape conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GENEVA, Aug 28 — Switzerland’s supreme court said today it had rejected an appeal by Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan against his rape conviction by a lower court.<\/p>\n

“The Federal Court dismissed Tariq Ramadan’s appeal against the conviction for rape and sexual coercion handed down by the Geneva Court of Justice,” the high court said in a statement.<\/p>\n

A Geneva appeals court last year found the former Oxford University professor guilty of raping a woman in a Geneva hotel 17 years ago, sentencing him to three years in prison, two of which were suspended.<\/p>\n

The ruling marked the first guilty verdict against Ramadan, who faces a string of rape allegations in Switzerland and France.<\/p>\n

A charismatic yet controversial figure in European Islam, he has always maintained his innocence.<\/p>\n

The supreme court said the appeals court verdict was “admissable”, rejecting Ramadan’s assertion that the lower court’s “assessment of the evidence was arbitrary”.<\/p>\n

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“In addition, the appellant raised procedural objections … which were also dismissed,” it said.<\/p>\n

Lawyers for the woman who brought the complaint — a Muslim convert identified only as “Brigitte” — hailed the decision.<\/p>\n

“This marks the end of a long ordeal and a long legal battle for our client and her lawyers,” they said in an email statement sent to AFP. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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GENEVA, Aug 28 — Switzerland’s supreme court said today it had rejected an appeal by Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan against his rape conviction by a lower court. “The Federal Court dismissed Tariq Ramadan’s appeal against the conviction for rape and sexual coercion handed down by the Geneva Court of Justice,” the high court said in…<\/p>\n

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