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Tariq Ramadan

Tariq Ramadan
Ramadan in December 2017
Born (1962-08-26) 26 August 1962 (age 62)
Geneva, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Alma materUniversity of Geneva (PhD)
Era21st-century philosophy
InstitutionsCollège de Saussure
St Antony's College, Oxford
Main interests
Islamic studies
Theology
philosophy
Politics
Interfaith dialogue
Literature
Reform
Websitetariqramadan.com

Tariq Ramadan (Arabic: طارق رمضان, [tˤaːriq ramadˤaːn]; born 26 August 1962) is a Swiss Muslim academic, philosopher, and writer.[1] He was a professor of contemporary Islamic studies at St Antony's College, Oxford[2] and the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford,[3] He is a senior research fellow at Doshisha University in Japan, and is also a visiting professor at the Université Mundiapolis in Morocco. He was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar, and used to be the director of the Research Centre of Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), based in Doha.[4] He is a member of the UK Foreign Office Advisory Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief.[needs update][5] He was listed by Time magazine in 2000 as one of the seven religious innovators of the 21st century and in 2004 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world[6] and was voted by Foreign Policy readers (2005, 2006, 2008–2010, 2012–2015) as one of the top 100 most influential thinkers in the world and Global Thinkers.[7][circular reference] Ramadan describes himself as a "Salafi reformist".[8]

In November 2017, Tariq Ramadan took leave of absence from Oxford to contest allegations of rape and sexual misconduct.[9] The university's statement noted that an "agreed leave of absence implies no acceptance or presumption of guilt",[10] and in 2021 he took early retirement from Oxford on grounds of ill health.[11] In February 2018, he was formally charged with raping two women: a disabled woman in 2009 and a feminist activist in 2012.[12][13] In September 2019, the French authorities expanded the investigation against Ramadan, already charged with raping two women, to include evidence from two more alleged victims.[14] On 5 December 2019, a Swiss woman who had accused him of rape in 2018, launched a new case against him for slander. The charges have not come to a full conclusion yet,[15] but he was acquitted of one charge in May 2023.[11] In February 2020, Ramadan was formally charged with raping two more women[16] and in October 2020, Ramadan was formally charged with raping a fifth woman.[17] In September 2024 he was convicted by a Swiss court on one charge of rape.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan guilty of rape, Swiss appeal court finds". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse in Geneva. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Professor Tariq Ramadan MA PhD Geneva, Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies". St Antony's College, Oxford. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Professor Tariq Ramadan, Associate Faculty Member, Contemporary Islamic Studies". Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Our Team | CILE – Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics". www.cilecenter.org. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Foreign Office Advisory Group on freedom of religion or belief". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Complete List – The 2004 TIME 100 – TIME". Time. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  7. ^ FP Top 100 Global Thinkers
  8. ^ Shatz, Adam. "How the Tariq Ramadan Scandal Derailed the #Balancetonporc Movement in France". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference GuardianOUleave was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference OxfordLeave was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Chrisafis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Tominey, Camilla (8 November 2019). "Former Oxford professor Tariq Ramadan accused of 'destroying' alleged rape victim's life". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference GuardianCharges was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ "New evidence added to Tariq Ramadan rape case". The National. 29 September 2019. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  15. ^ RTS/dos (5 December 2019). "New slander case brought against Tariq Ramadan". SWI swissinfo. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Tariq Ramadan mis en examen pour le viol de deux autres femmes". Le Figaro.fr (in French). AFP. 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Tariq Ramadan visé par une cinquième mise en examen pour viol". Le Monde.fr (in French). 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

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