https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Tariq Ramadan, a leading Islamic scholar held in France since February on charges of raping two women, was released on bail Friday after he persuaded judges he was not a flight threat. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181117/swiss-scholar-tariq-ramadan-released-from-french-jail Sat, 17 Nov 2018 11:12:10 +0100 swiss-scholar-tariq-ramadan-released-from-french-jail Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, charged with raping two women in France, claimed Monday that he had consensual sex with both of them after previously denying any physical contact. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181022/islamic-scholar-tariq-ramadan-says-sex-was-consensual-in-french-rape-case Mon, 22 Oct 2018 21:05:49 +0200 islamic-scholar-tariq-ramadan-says-sex-was-consensual-in-french-rape-case Prosecutors in Geneva have opened a rape and sexual misconduct investigation against Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who has been detained in France since February on separate rape charges, Swiss media reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180917/swiss-open-rape-case-against-tariq-ramadan Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:39:42 +0200 swiss-open-rape-case-against-tariq-ramadan Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, in detention in France over rape allegations, is suffering from multiple sclerosis, but could be treated behind bars, according to judicial medical opinion. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180419/swiss-rape-suspect-tariq-ramadan-has-multiple-sclerosis-doctors Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:53:18 +0200 swiss-rape-suspect-tariq-ramadan-has-multiple-sclerosis-doctors The prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who is in French detention over several rape allegations, is facing a new accusation of rape, this time in Switzerland, a Swiss daily has reported. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180416/swiss-woman-files-rape-accusation-against-islamic-scholar-tariq-ramadan Mon, 16 Apr 2018 11:12:12 +0200 swiss-woman-files-rape-accusation-against-islamic-scholar-tariq-ramadan The prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, detained in France over rape allegations, paid a woman to stay silent about their relationship in 2015, the Belgian judiciary said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180405/swiss-islamic-scholar-tariq-ramadan-paid-woman-for-silence Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:13:19 +0200 swiss-islamic-scholar-tariq-ramadan-paid-woman-for-silence A third woman has accused prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of rape, a month after he was indicted over similar charges and remanded into custody, judicial sources told the AFP news agency on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180307/third-woman-accuses-swiss-islamic-scholar-tariq-ramadan-of-rape Wed, 07 Mar 2018 22:16:33 +0100 third-woman-accuses-swiss-islamic-scholar-tariq-ramadan-of-rape A French court on Thursday dismissed a bid by Swiss citizen Tariq Ramadan, the prominent Islamic scholar detained on rape charges, to be released on health grounds, legal sources said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180223/court-denies-ramadans-bid-for-release-on-health-grounds Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:41:04 +0100 court-denies-ramadans-bid-for-release-on-health-grounds Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who was remanded in custody in France on rape charges earlier in the month, has been hospitalized due to multiple sclerosis, his support group said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180218/swiss-islamic-scholar-facing-rape-charges-hospitalized-in-france Sun, 18 Feb 2018 02:35:09 +0100 swiss-islamic-scholar-facing-rape-charges-hospitalized-in-france Prominent Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan was denied bail in France on Tuesday, judicial sources said, four days after he was remanded in custody on charges of rape that have sown divisions in the Muslim community. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180207/swiss-islamic-scholar-tariq-ramadan-loses-rape-bail-hearing Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:20:51 +0100 swiss-islamic-scholar-tariq-ramadan-loses-rape-bail-hearing French police on Wednesday detained prominent Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, a legal source said, months after two women filed rape charges against him. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180131/swiss-academic-detained-by-french-police-over-rape-allegations Wed, 31 Jan 2018 18:36:31 +0100 swiss-academic-detained-by-french-police-over-rape-allegations Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has taken a leave of absence from the University of Oxford following multiple rape and sexual misconduct allegations, the British institution said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171108/swiss-professor-takes-leaves-of-absence-from-oxford-over-sexual-abuse-allegations Wed, 08 Nov 2017 09:44:07 +0100 swiss-professor-takes-leaves-of-absence-from-oxford-over-sexual-abuse-allegations The prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan on Monday rejected allegations of sexual misconduct with minors while he was teaching in Geneva decades ago, which have been published in Swiss media. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171106/oxford-professor-denies-sexual-misconduct-with-minors-in-geneva Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:56:10 +0100 oxford-professor-denies-sexual-misconduct-with-minors-in-geneva France on Saturday expelled controversial Swiss Islamist preacher Hani Ramadan who posed "a serious threat to public order", the interior ministry said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170409/france-expels-swiss-islamist Sun, 09 Apr 2017 14:12:52 +0200 france-expels-swiss-islamist