Middle East studies in the News

"Moderate" Muslim Tariq Ramadan Was Detained, Charged, and Ordered to Stand Trial in France after Insulting a Police Officer

by Jean-Charles Brisard
Terror Finance Blog
March 13, 2007

http://www.terrorfinance.org/the_terror_finance_blog/2007/03/exclusive_moder.html

http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/3105

Tariq Ramadan, the so-called "moderate" Islamic "intellectual", was briefly detained and charged for "insulting a public agent" on Sunday at Paris Roissy Charles de Gaulle International Airport, while in transit to London.

From informed police sources, we have learned that when Ramadan tried to enter a prohibited area, a young policewoman stopped him. He began shouting at her and was then taken into police custody; the officer filed a complaint against him.

While in custody, he admitted the offense and was ordered to appear before a criminal court of Bobigny on April 6. Tariq Ramadan faces up to 6 months of imprisonment and 7,500 Euros of penalty.

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