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Islam expert Tariq Ramadan arrives for a meeting with a Parliamentary panel studying the wearing of full-body Islamic veils such as the burqa, Wednesday Dec. 2, 2009.

Video. Tariq Ramadan acquitted of rape charges in Switzerland

Updated: 24/05/2023 - 14:48 GMT+2

Ramadan, who is the grandson of the founder of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, will receive €154,000 in compensation from the State of Geneva.

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