Tariq Ramadan arrested in France over rape allegations

The Swiss national had taken a leave of absence from Oxford University last November after 2 women filed complaints in France alleging rape.

PARIS: Prominent Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan, a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Oxford, has been taken into custody by French police following accusations of rape, a judicial source said on Wednesday.

The source said a preliminary investigation was opened after two complaints were filed against Ramadan, a well-known figure in the Middle East.

He is the grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood movement in Egypt, Hassan al-Banna.

Ramadan took a leave of absence from Oxford last November after two women filed complaints in France alleging rape.

He has denied the allegations and filed a complaint for slander against author Henda Ayari, one of his accusers.

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