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The case that shocked France, Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan is sentenced to 18 years in prison for rape

2026-03-26 18:32:31Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The case that shocked France, Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan is sentenced to 18
Tariq Ramadan

Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 years in prison by a Paris criminal court, which tried him in absentia and behind closed doors for rapes committed against three women.

He was found guilty of rape and assault on defenseless persons. The sentence, justified by the "extreme severity of the acts" according to the court, is in line with the prosecutor general's requests.

"Consent to sexual relations does not imply approval of every sexual act," stressed the presiding judge, Corinne Goetzmann, who ordered Ramadan to be placed under socio-judicial supervision for eight years, barring him from any contact with his victims and from publishing works related to his crimes. He was also sentenced to a permanent ban on returning to France after serving his sentence.

"The trial ends as it began, as a farce," one of Ramadan's lawyers, Ouadie Elhamamouchi, who was not present at the trial, told AFP.

"While the acts were highly contested, the severity of the sentence, coupled with a permanent ban on French territory, reflects a ferocious pursuit of the person of Tariq Ramadan," he added.

Ramadan, who had previously been convicted in Switzerland of raping a woman, was tried for alleged rapes between 2009 and 2016 against three other women, which he denies. The victims describe relationships that initially seemed acceptable but turned into violent and traumatic situations. One of them, Henda Ayari, said she felt “fear for her life” during one of the acts.

But at the opening of the trial in Paris, he did not appear at the hearing. His lawyers said he had been hospitalized two days earlier in Geneva due to an “exacerbation” of multiple sclerosis. A medical examination ordered by the court concluded that his multiple sclerosis was stable, with no signs of recent deterioration, and that he could appear in criminal court.

The president decided that the 63-year-old defendant should be tried in absentia and behind closed doors, as requested by one of the civil parties. His four lawyers left the courtroom, considering that they could not defend their client in this “travesty of justice.”

"Unlimited power"

After announcing the verdict, the judge read the reasoning for the trial for about an hour.

During the investigation and hearing, the victims described sexual relations that had initially been acceptable but that became particularly brutal. One of the victims said she felt a “fear of imminent death” as Ramadan was squeezing her during sexual intercourse. The several-year period between the offenses and the complaints “does not allow us to question the credibility of the statements of the civil parties,” the president said, adding that according to statistics, only 8% of victims of rape or attempted rape file a complaint.

The court found that the analysis of the acts revealed in Ramadan a “denial of the other” and “destruction” of the victims’ humanity. “In the security of his unlimited power, he proved incapable of reflecting on his actions,” the judge said, adding that he had carried out a “campaign of psychological destruction against the complainants.”

"I've been waiting for this for nine years and the judges believed me," Henda Ayari told the press, visibly excited.


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