(National-UAE) A French court has rejected a request by Tariq Ramadan to drop the two rape charges levelled against the accused academic.
Investigations into the 56-year-old, who is currently on bail and has surrendered his passport to the French authorities, are now set to continue.
The Oxford University professor was accused of raping two [women] in 2009 and 2012. One is the outspoken feminist and activist Henda Ayari and the other, a disabled convert to Islam who has been named only as “Christelle,” has said Mr Ramadan assaulted her too.
Mr Ramadan had previously denied having any sexual contact with either [woman] but changed his story when nearly 400 explicit text messages between him and Christelle were discovered in October.
