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"U.S. Revokes Visa of Cleric at Saudi Embassy"
Washington Post ^ | 2003-12-7 | Susan Schmidt and Caryle Murphy


Posted on 12/07/2003 3:03:56 PM PST by tubavil


"U.S. Revokes Visa of Cleric at Saudi Embassy Monarchy to No Longer Be Islamic Institute's Sponsor"

By Susan Schmidt and Caryle Murphy Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, December 7, 2003; Page A01

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "U.S. authorities have revoked the diplomatic visa of an influential Islamic cleric, and the Saudi government has decided it will no longer sponsor an Islamic institute in Virginia where he sometimes lectured, moves that reflect both nations' increasing efforts to curb the spread of extremist Islamic rhetoric, according to U.S. and Saudi officials.

Jaafar Idris, who was affiliated with the Fairfax-based Institute for Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America, left the United States two weeks ago after his visa was revoked, U.S. officials said. Idris is a native of Sudan, but was sponsored as a diplomat here by the Saudi embassy and had an office in that embassy's Islamic affairs section, according to a lawyer associated with him."

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and in Ohio --- Links of Interest:

INTERNET HAGANAH: "DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE: HARDLINEMOVEMENT.ORG" (December 7, 2003) (Read More...)

USA TODAY.com (AP): "TWO MORE SHOOTINGS ADDED TO HIGHWAY INVESTIGATION" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Two more shootings have occurred along an interstate highway since a woman was killed on the freeway last month, bringing the number of cases under investigation to 14, authorities said Friday." (December 5, 2003) (Read More...)

NBC4COLUMBUS.com - NEWS: "REWARD OFFERED IN FATAL HIGHWAY SHOOTING" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Martin also said that a post office box was created to give the shooter or shooters another way to make contact with authorities, The address is: Franklin County Sheriff's Office P.O. Box. 360562 Columbus, OH 43236-0562 The tip line for anyone with information is (614) 462-4646.") (December 1, 2003) (Read More...)

DAYTON DAILY NEWS.com: "I-270 SHOOTINGS" (Read More...)