1950s : (GENEVA, SWITZERLAND : TARIQ RAMADAN’S FATHER SAID RAMADAN FLEES EGYPT DURING A CRACKDOWN ON MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND SETTLES IN GENEVA — SEE MALCOLM X) In the late 1950’s, Mr. [Tariq] Ramadan’s father, Said, settled in Geneva after fleeing Egypt during a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood. * Said Ramadan set up an Islamic center that became a European outpost of the Brotherhood, drawing visitors like Malcolm X. ————Mystery of the Islamic Scholar Who Was Barred by the U.S. [Tariq Ramadan]
New York Times ^ | WED October 6, 2004 | DEBORAH SONTAG
* TARIQ RAMADAN’S SPEECHWRITER IS DJAMEL BEGHAL OF “US EMBASSY-PARIS PLOT” FAME, WHOSE FELLOW CONSPIRATORS INCLUDE NIZAR TRABELSI & KAMEL DAOUDI
Beghal was also one of the shoebomber’s associates, IIRC.