Ramadan's rape confession divulges phony nature of Brotherhood rhetoric

French authorities accused Tariq Ramadan, a grandson of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Bana, of rape on Oct. 22, for the fifth time in a row.

The French afternoon daily, Le Monde, said the list of charges against Ramadan was prepared by the French Attorney General in 2018.

However, a decision on the case was withheld, it said.

The case against Ramadan dates back to 2013 and 2014 and it involves Mounia Rabbouj, the main victim in it, according to Ramadan's lawyer.

In February 2018, Ramadan was accused of raping two women, including one who was unable to defend herself.

Two women, including Henda Ayari, said the two events involving them and Ramadan date back to 2012 in Paris and 2009 in Lyon.

Ramadan was officially accused on Feb. 14 of raping two other women in 2015 an 2016.

On Sept. 9, 2019, Ramadan conceded that he was involved in illegal sexual relations with the women accusing him of rape. Nevertheless, he said the women agreed to the relations.

He added in an interview with the French TV channel RMC that these women were accusing him of rape only to land him trouble.

Ramadan noted that he denied having an affair with these women in the past to protect himself.

"I want God to forgive me as well as my family," Ramadan said.

He said some members of the Muslim community were also shocked by his actions.

Deceit

An Observatory of al-Azhar said Ramadan's confession shows the deceitful nature of the rhetoric of the Muslim Brotherhood.

It added that the same confessions uncover the claims of the members of the International Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Al-Azhar accused Ramadan and the organization of tarnishing the image of Islam among westerners.

The duality with which some of the members of this organization live has nothing to do with the moral standards of the Islamic religion, al-Azhar said.