“Ramadan says that the woman initially did not want to bring a case against him – rather she just wanted to ‘criticize his behaviour’, he claims. He goes on to say that pressure and financial incentives from others encouraged her to take the case to the courts. In the new proceedings, however, the woman accuses Ramadan of slander, saying that the accusation that she was pressured or bribed is ‘damaging to her honour.’”
This is an extremely common tactic, and needs to be recognized as such. When jihadis or Islamic supremacists are accused of wrongdoing, they generally blame the victim and/or charge the accuser with being motivated simply by a filthy desire for money. Tariq Ramadan is resorting to both of those claims in this case.
This is also akin to how critics of jihad terror and Sharia oppression of women have been treated: Leftist organizations allied with Islamic supremacist groups publish lavishly funded “reports” on “Islamophobia,” falsely claiming that “Islamophobic” groups and individuals have received immense amounts of money in order to “vilify Islam and Muslims.” It’s ridiculous — who except those with an interest in world religions would give Islam a single thought were it not for jihad terrorism? And telling the truth about jihad terror does not vilify Muslims. But this tactic has worked well. We shall see how well it works for Tariq Ramadan.
“New slander case brought against Tariq Ramadan,” SwissInfo, December 5, 2019:
A Swiss woman who accused the Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of rape in 2018 has now launched a new legal case against him, this time for slander.
The case centres around Ramadan’s book “Devoir de verité” (“The Responsibility of Truth”), published in September this year, in which the Swiss scholar gives his take on the sex allegations and legal controversies involving him over the past two years.
In one section of the book, public broadcaster RTS reports, Ramadan talks about the incident with the Swiss woman, who he identifies by a pseudonym.
Ramadan says that the woman initially did not want to bring a case against him – rather she just wanted to “criticize his behaviour”, he claims. He goes on to say that pressure and financial incentives from others encouraged her to take the case to the courts.
In the new proceedings, however, the woman accuses Ramadan of slander, saying that the accusation that she was pressured or bribed is “damaging to her honour”.
Legal webs
All this further complicates a legal situation in which the original complaint by the Swiss woman – she accused Ramadan of raping her in a Geneva hotel in 2008 – has still not come to a conclusion.
This is partly due to the fact that Ramadan was in prison in France when the charges were brought in April 2018. It’s also due to the court proceedings launched by Ramadan’s lawyers demanding that the woman not speak publicly about the case (judges rejected the plea)....
