French Court Sentences Islam Scholar Tariq Ramadan to 18-Year Prison Term
A French court has sentenced 63-year-old Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan to 18 years in prison for rape, despite his denial of the charges. Ramadan's lawyers claim he is too ill to attend the trial.
Ramadan, a 63-year-old former Oxford professor, denied the charges but his lawyers said he was too ill to attend the trial.