Tariq Ramadan, the so-called "moderate" Islamic "intellectual", was briefly detained and charged for "insulting a public agent" on Sunday at Paris Roissy Charles de Gaulle International Airport, while in transit to London.
From informed police sources, we have learned that when Ramadan tried to enter a prohibited area, a young policewoman stopped him. He began shouting at her and was then taken into police custody; the officer filed a complaint against him.
While in custody, he admitted the offense and was ordered to appear before a criminal court of Bobigny on April 6. Tariq Ramadan faces up to 6 months of imprisonment and 7,500 Euros of penalty.
By Jean-Charles Brisard of the Terror Finance Blog
A bit more information" on the poster boy of moderate Islam.
Some of the comments are rather interesting as well.
Sounds like a publicity stunt. He's had a new book out for over a month, but still no reviews at Amazon. Take a page from Paris Hilton, all publicity is good publicity. At least he didn't go with the sex tapes.
Or alternatively PD Shaw, Ramadan must for his own core audience demonstrate his "hardness" i.e. willingness to openly insult the infidel, particularly women.
Ramadan's core audience eats this stuff up.
This isn't for consumption by the Western Media (which suppressed it, not a word in the local paper) but his own Muslim audience which loves it's hard boys. The harder and more militant and more extreme the better.
While I'm no fan of Tariq...
I'm damned glad I don't live in France.