Mr. Ramadan, 55, is a well-known Islamic scholar and the grandson of Hassan al-Banna, who founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in the 1920s. Mr. Ramadan teaches contemporary Islamic studies at Oxford University and is the author of a dozen books in English on modern Islam and the Western world. Ms. Ayari’s lawyers said they had yet to see any complaint of defamation filed by Mr. Ramadan. One of her lawyers, Grégoire Leclercq, said Mr. Ramadan was using his numerous supporters to defend him. Ms. Ayari has said that she expects Mr. Ramadan to be defended by his supporters.

Source: New York Times October 29, 2017 20:37 UTC