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Thursday, February 22, 2018
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, February 22, 2018
French court denies release of rape-accused Islamic scholar
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA French court has dismissed a bid by Tariq Ramadan, the prominent Islamic scholar detained on rape charges, to be released on health grounds, legal sources say.
Ramadan’s lawyers have pushed for his release since he was detained on February 2, arguing his multiple sclerosis and nerve damage could not be adequately treated behind bars.
The Oxford University professor, a prominent TV pundit whose grandfather founded Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood movement, denies charges that he raped two Muslim women in France.
A court-ordered medical examination last Thursday found that the 55-year-old Swiss academic’s condition was compatible with detention.
— AFP
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