Hamel lashes at far-left for allowing Tariq Ramadan to stay in France

PARIS – French journalist Ian Hamel said Monday that Tariq Ramadan, the grandson of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna, was accused of raping two women in late 2017.

“Nonetheless, nobody had decried such an act by someone who claims to be a university professor,” he said.

He added at a conference organized by the Center for Middle East Studies (CEMO) in French capital Paris on the dangers posed by the thinking of the Muslim Brotherhood on Western societies and values that security agencies, the far-left and the Catholic Party had allowed Ramadan to stay in France because they believed he could act as a liaison between Muslims and Christians in Europe.

Titled “The Danger of Muslim Brotherhood’s Thoughts on Western Values”, the conference is attended by the members of CEMO’s Consulting Committee.

Those attending included international counterterrorism experts Roland Jacquard and Richard Labeviere.

They also included journalist Atmane Tazaghart who is focused on covering terrorist and takfiri groups. A host of Arab and European public figures is also attending the event.