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A large number of western and Muslim scholars, thinkers and academics Thursday appealed in a letter to France to release Tariq Ramadan, a European Muslim intellectual and professor of contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University in the UK.
Ramadan, the grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan Al Banna, also runs a think-tank in Brussels, called the “European Muslim Network.” He has been remanded in a French prison and denied bail following allegations of rape, which he vehemently denies, said the letter.
Imprisoned for more than four months, Tariq has been denied proper medical treatment for a serious medical condition and was denied access to his full court file, notes the letter.