Posted on 09/27/2006 9:52:45 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
On the 25th, The AP reported that a Muslim "scholar" was denied a temporary business and tourism visa by the State Department for one Tariq Ramadan, resident of Switzerland.
The story, however, makes the State Department's actions seem petty and uninformed. It makes the denial of the visa seem more a result of "racism" than one based on substance. In fact, the reasons that this "scholar" was denied a visa were given short shrift whereas a defense of Ramadan was given full throat.
All Ramadan's "reasons" that he and his attorneys ascribe to the supposedly illegitimate government action are included in the article, but only one small paragraph explores the State Department's reasons for denying the visa... and that in the words of the ACLU!
The American Civil Liberties Union said the U.S. government notified Ramadan he was being excluded because he donated $765 to French and Swiss organizations that provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians.
"I think it's clear from the history of this case that the U.S. government's real fear is of my ideas," he said. "I am excluded not because the government truly believes me to be a national security threat, but because of my criticisms of American foreign policies in the Middle East; because of my opposition to the invasion of Iraq; and because of my criticism of some of the Bush administration's policies with respect to civil liberties."
-He has praised the brutal Islamist policies of the Sudanese politician Hassan Al-Turabi. Mr. Turabi in turn called Mr. Ramadan the "future of Islam."
- Mr. Ramadan was banned from entering France in 1996 on suspicion of having links with an Algerian Islamist who had recently initiated a terrorist campaign in Paris.
- Ahmed Brahim, an Algerian indicted for Al-Qaeda activities, had "routine contacts" with Mr. Ramadan, according to a Spanish judge (Baltasar Garzón) in 1999.
- Djamel Beghal, leader of a group accused of planning to attack the American embassy in Paris, stated in his 2001 trial that he had studied with Mr. Ramadan.
-Along with nearly all Islamists, Mr. Ramadan has denied that there is "any certain proof" that Bin Laden was behind 9/11.
-He publicly refers to the Islamist atrocities of 9/11, Bali, and Madrid as "interventions," minimizing them to the point of near-endorsement.
And here are other reasons, dug up by Jean-Charles Brisard, a former French intelligence officer doing work for some of the 9/11 families, as reported in Le Parisien:
-Intelligence agencies suspect that Mr. Ramadan (along with his brother Hani) coordinated a meeting at the Hôtel Penta in Geneva for Ayman al-Zawahiri, deputy head of Al-Qaeda, and Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind sheikh, now in a Minnesota prison.
-Mr. Ramadan's address appears in a register of Al Taqwa Bank, an organization the State Department accuses of supporting Islamist terrorism.
Beat me to it.
HA!!!
I DID, didn't I?
They should ALL be denied visas, and those who are here expelled.
They'd deny their history, even when it's presented to them on a piece of paper.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Tariq Ramadan is the grand-son of Al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brothers Party in 1929.
(I will leave it to the reader to find a common thread among them...)
State | Year of accession |
Afghanistan | 1969 |
Albania, Republic of | 1992 |
Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of | 1969 |
Azerbaijan, Republic of | 1991 |
Bahrain, State of | 1970 |
Bangladesh, People's Republic of | 1974 |
Benin, Republic of | 1982 |
Brunei Dar-us-Salaam, Sultanate of | 1984 |
Burkina Faso | 1975 |
Cameroon, Republic of | 1975 |
Chad, Republic of | 1969 |
Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic of the | 1976 |
Cote d'Ivoire, Republic of | 2001 |
Djibouti, Republic of | 1978 |
Egypt, Arab Republic of | 1969 |
Gabon, Republic of | 1974 |
Gambia, Republic of the | 1974 |
Guinea, Republic of | 1969 |
Guinea-Bissau, Republic of | 1974 |
Guyana, Republic of | 1998 |
Indonesia, Republic of | 1969 |
Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1969 |
Iraq, Republic of | 1976 |
Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of | 1969 |
Kazakhstan, Republic of | 1995 |
Kuwait, State of | 1969 |
Kyrghyzistan, Republic of | 1992 |
Lebanon, Republic of | 1969 |
Libya, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 1969 |
Malaysia | 1969 |
Maldives, Republic of | 1976 |
Mali, Republic of | 1969 |
Mauritania, Islamic Republic of | 1969 |
Morocco, Kingdom of | 1969 |
Mozambique, Republic of | 1994 |
Niger, Republic of | 1969 |
Nigeria, Federal Republic of | 1986 |
Oman, Sultanate of | 1970 |
Pakistan, Islamic Republic of | 1969 |
Palestine, State of | 1969 |
Qatar, State of | 1970 |
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of | 1969 |
Senegal, Republic of | 1969 |
Sierra Leone, Republic of | 1972 |
Somalia, Democratic Republic of | 1969 |
Sudan, Republic of the | 1969 |
Surinam, Republic of the | 1996 |
Syrian Arab Republic | 1970 |
Tajikistan, Republic of | 1992 |
Togo, Republic of | 1997 |
Tunisia, Republic of | 1969 |
Turkey, Republic of | 1969 |
Turkmenistan, Republic of | 1992 |
Uganda, Republic of | 1974 |
United Arab Emirates, State of | 1970 |
Uzbekistan, Republic of | 1995 |
Yemen, Republic of | 1969 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of |
Centeral African Republic |
Thailand, Kingdom of back |
Tolerance, my porcine butt!
The ASSPress is some of the worst insult to journalism out there!
They'll publish any crap, as long as it bashed the Bush and the US.
"a muslim `scholar'"
Is that something like an Arkansas Rhodes scholar?
Yep, he's literate and can `cipher'--Shazam, Allahu fubar!
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