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Tariq Ramadan ( , ; born 26 August 1962) is a Swiss Muslim academic, philosopher, and writer. He was a professor of contemporary Islamic studies at St Antony's College, Oxford and the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford , but since 2018 has been taking an agreed leave of absence due to being held in prison following two rape allegations. He is a visiting professor at the Université Mundiapolis in Morocco. He is also a senior research fellow at Doshisha University in Japan.1 He was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar, and used to be the director of the Research Centre of Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), based in Doha . He is a member of the UK Foreign Office Advisory Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief. He was listed by Time magazine in 2000 as one of the seven religious innovators of the 21st century and in 2004 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world and was voted by Foreign Policy readers (2005, 2006, 2008–2010, 2012–2015) as one of the top 100 most influential thinkers in the world and Global Thinkers. Ramadan describes himself as a " Salafi reformist". In November 2017, Tariq Ramadan took leave of absence from Oxford to contest allegations of rape and sexual misconduct. The university's statement noted that an "agreed leave of absence implies no acceptance or presumption of guilt". In February 2018, he was formally charged with raping two women: a disabled woman in 2009 and a feminist activist in 2012. In September 2019, the French authorities expanded the investigation against Ramadan, already charged with raping two women, to include evidence from two more alleged victims. On 5 December 2019, a Swiss woman who had accused him of rape in 2018, launched a new case against him for slander. The charges have not come to a full conclusion yet, but he was acquitted of one charge in May 2023. In February 2020, Ramadan was formally charged with raping two more women and in October 2020, Ramadan was formally charged with raping a fifth woman. Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford .
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The opening as it stood in 2005
Tariq Said Ramadan (born 1962 in Geneva , Switzerland ) is a Francophone Swiss Muslim academic and scholar.
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Tariq Ramadan ( , born 26 August 1962, Geneva , Switzerland ) is a Swiss academic.He advocates the study and re-interpretation of Islamic texts, and emphasizes the heterogeneous nature of Western Muslims.An online poll provided by The British Prospect and the American Foreign Policy magazines placed him eighth in a list of the world’s top 100 contemporary intellectuals in 2008.In 2009, Foreign Policy placed Ramadan on the 49th spot (just after Ayaan Hirsi Ali ).
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Tariq Ramadan ( ; born 26 August 1962) is a Swiss academic, philosopher and writer.He is the professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford (Oriental Institute, St Antony's College) and also teaches at the Oxford Faculty of Theology.He is a visiting professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies ( Qatar ), the Université Mundiapolis ( Morocco ), and the University of Perlis ( Malaysia ).He is also a senior research fellow at Doshisha University ( Japan ).He is the director of the Research Centre of Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), based in Doha .He is a member of the UK Foreign Office Advisory Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief.Prose et poésie : Les 3 livres qui ont changé ma vie - 30/06/2012 "Tariq Ramdan's tribute to Muhammad Asad" .
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Tariq Ramadan ( ; born 26 August 1962) is a Swiss Muslim intellectual, philosopher, and writer.He was a Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at St Antony's College, Oxford and the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford , but as of 2018 is taking an agreed leave of absence.He is a visiting professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar, and the Université Mundiapolis in Morocco. He is also a senior research fellow at Doshisha University in Japan. He is the director of the Research Centre of Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), based in Doha . He is a member of the UK Foreign Office Advisory Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief. He was elected by Time magazine in 2000 as one of the seven religious innovators of the 21st century and in 2004 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world and by Foreign Policy readers (2005, 2006, 2008-2010, 2012-2015) as one of the top 100 most influential thinkers in the world and Global Thinkers.Ramadan describes himself as a " Salafi reformist".In November 2017, Tariq Ramadan took leave of absence from Oxford University to contest allegations of rape and sexual misconduct.The university's statement noted that an "agreed leave of absence implies no acceptance or presumption of guilt".In February 2018, he was formally charged with raping two women, a disabled woman in 2009 and a feminist activist in 2012.In September 2019, the French authorities have expanded the investigation against Ramadan, already charged with raping two women, to include evidence from two more alleged victims.On December 5, 2019, a Swiss woman who had accused him of rape in 2018, launched a new case against him for slander.In February 2020, Ramadan was formally charged with raping two more women.Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford .
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Swiss Muslim scholar (born 1962) Tariq Ramadan ( Arabic : طارق رمضان , [tˤaːriq ramadˤaːn] ; born 26 August 1962) is a Swiss Muslim academic, philosopher and writer.He was a professor of contemporary Islamic studies at St Antony's College, Oxford and the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford , He is a senior research fellow at Doshisha University in Japan, and is also a visiting professor at the Université Mundiapolis in Morocco. He was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar , and used to be the director of the Research Centre of Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), based in Doha . He is a member of the UK Foreign Office Advisory Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief. He was listed by Time magazine in 2000 as one of the seven religious innovators of the 21st century and in 2004 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world and was voted by Foreign Policy readers (2005, 2006, 2008–2010, 2012–2015) as one of the top 100 most influential thinkers in the world and Global Thinkers. Ramadan describes himself as a " Salafi reformist". In November 2017, Tariq Ramadan took leave of absence from Oxford to contest allegations of rape and sexual misconduct. The university's statement noted that an "agreed leave of absence implies no acceptance or presumption of guilt", and in 2021 he took early retirement from Oxford on grounds of ill health. In February 2018, he was formally charged with raping two women: a disabled woman in 2009 and a feminist activist in 2012. In September 2019, the French authorities expanded the investigation against Ramadan, already charged with raping two women, to include evidence from two more alleged victims. On 5 December 2019, a Swiss woman who had accused him of rape in 2018, launched a new case against him for slander. The charges have not come to a full conclusion yet, but he was acquitted of one charge in May 2023. In February 2020, Ramadan was formally charged with raping two more women and in October 2020, Ramadan was formally charged with raping a fifth woman. In September 2024 he was convicted by a Swiss court on one charge of rape. Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “francophone swiss muslim academic and scholar”. Today it says “swiss-born egyptian academic”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Swiss Muslim scholar (born 1962)”. It now reads “Swiss scholar (born 1962)”. Read the current article and compare.
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