Civil rights lawyers appealed in court Tuesday against what they said was the US government's ideologically based decision to deny a visa to a leading Muslim scholar, Tariq Ramadan, seen here in 2008. (AFP/File/John Macdougall)
Civil rights lawyers appealed in court Tuesday against what they said was the US government's ideologically based decision to deny a visa to a leading Muslim scholar, Tariq Ramadan, seen here in 2008. (AFP/File/John Macdougall)
Didn’t see a “right” in the Constitution to automatically grant permission to enter the country ...
Ramadan was all set to take a teaching position at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana in late 2004 when he was denied the visa,
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What the heck is Notre Dame thinking?
First inviting Obama to speak there as a commencement speaker and now this?
No wonder your football team has sucked lately. ;-)
Is a Muslim scholar someone who reads one book a lot?
Immigration and Visa laws are written by countries to benefit themselves not to benefit the immigrant or visa requester. To think otherwise is to stand the law on its head. Try to visit North Korea.
What the Hell does a Muslim Scholar do for this Country or Too It??
Screwem! Lousy terrorist scum bag. They won’t let Buddhists, Christians or Jews practice their faith in Muslime countries.
OMG!
Notre Dame ... again. What on earth is their President, a supposed priest of the Catholic faith, doing???????
Aw, c’mon! We are just picking on the guy....
What’s up? The DHS knows much more than I do, but it is not talking. A review of the press, however, gives an idea of what the problem is. Here are some reasons why Mr. Ramadan might have been kept out:
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.
There should be a lot more denials. Also deportations.
Something tells me that the Messiah will see to it that this guy is allowed into the country and allowed to stay.
Let's see, How about, "We just don't like you". Good enough reason for me.
The Tooth Fairy
Santa Claus
“Muslim scholar”
Couple of points.
1.Its OUR Country. We should be allowed to let in or keep out whomever we want. Deal with it.
2.Reasons to keep him out? He is a muslim.They are at War with the US Yes they really are....