Islamic scholar Tariq Ramazan faces new rape accusation

GENEVA:The prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramazan, who is in French detention over several rape allegations, is facing a new accusation of rape, this time in Switzerland, a Swiss daily reported Friday. A Swiss woman is pressing criminal charges against Ramazan, 55, alleging he raped her and held her against her will for several hours in a Geneva hotel room a decade ago, the Tribune de Geneve (TdG) daily reported. When contacted by AFP, the woman’s lawyer Romain Jordan confirmed that criminal charges had been filed in Geneva on Friday, but said he did not want to make any further comments at this stage. “We are confident in our case,” he said. The alleged victim, who was not identified, is not the first to accuse Ramazan.