This woman, nicknamed Christelle by the media, accuses the Muslim intellectual of having raped her and revealing her name in her book "Duty of truth".

One of the women who accuses Tariq Ramadan of rape has filed a summary order to ban the publication of the book of the Swiss Islamologist on Wednesday, in which he reveals the identity of this plaintiff, announced Monday his lawyer.

This woman, nicknamed Christelle by the media, accuses the Muslim intellectual of having raped her in a hotel room in Lyon, in October 2009, which earned the latter to be indicted. He had initially denied any sexual intercourse before being contradicted by the investigation and today evoking a "consented relationship". The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday morning at the Paris court.

"This book reveals the identity of my client 84 times"

"We must prohibit the dissemination of this book as it is, which reveals the identity of my client 84 times," said Eric Morain. "All media outlets have respected the law, and Tariq Ramadan must respect it," he added. The complainant's lawyer bases her application on article 39 of the law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press, which prohibits the "dissemination of (...) information concerning the identity of a victim of an assault or sexual assault ".

This offense is punishable by a fine of up to 15,000 euros. The lawyer also asks that the name of his client be replaced in the book by the pseudonym Christelle.

A parallel with the Dreyfus affair

In this book, "Duty of Truth", Tariq Ramadan recounts how he lived the affair that led him to spend nearly ten months in custody, in a text tinged with spiritual meditations. He draws a parallel between his case and the Dreyfus affair, the resounding scandal of the Third Republic mixing miscarriage of justice, denial of justice and anti-Semitism against Captain Alfred Dreyfus, wrongly accused of high treason in 1894 before to be finally rehabilitated in 1906.

Tariq Ramadan is indicted for two rapes in France. He is also accused by two other women of rapes, including one in a meeting, of complaints filed in March 2018 and July last. Also accused of rape by a woman in Switzerland, it must be heard this fall in Paris by a Geneva prosecutor.