This is an excellent article, and an important reminder.
I would disagree, however, with the author’s statement that accusers should automatically be believed. And that has to do with the other side of the “presumption of innocence” coin, namely that the burden of proof rests with the accuser. This implies automatic incredulity, not automatic belief; and that is as it should be.
We do not accept accusations as proof, in and of themselves. If an accuser wants to feel safe about levelling allegations against someone, it is their evidence that should grant them this sense of security, and the knowledge that their evidence will be impartially considered.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tariq-ramadan-islam-and-the-presumption-of-innocence_us_59f215f7e4b06ae9067ab704
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