US Revokes Visa of Islamic Scholar Who Was to Teach at Notre Dame - August 24, 2004
(South Bend) - The State Department has revoked the visa granted to an Islamic scholar who was scheduled to begin teaching this week at the University of Notre Dame.
A State Department spokeswoman says Tariq Ramadan's visa was revoked at the request of the Department of Homeland Security.
She said that to obtain a work visa, applicants must meet the requirements and the prospective employer must vouch for them. She declined to give any other details. Ramadan was to teach at Notre Dame's Kroc Institute. Classes begin today.
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Militant Sentenced for Jakarta Hotel Bombing (8/24/04)
24 Aug 2004, 10:21 UTC An Indonesian court has sentenced a Muslim militant to 10 years in prison for his role in last year's bombing of a Jakarta luxury hotel.
The court ruled Tuesday that Mohammed Ihsan, also known as both Jhoni Hendrawan and Idris, helped plan the 2003 bombing of Jakarta's Marriott hotel. The blast killed 12 people.
However, the Jakarta court cleared Idris of involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings on a legal technicality. Idris is accused of being a member of the regional militant group Jemaah Islamiyah, which has been blamed for both the Bali and Marriott bombings.
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Anaheim Mosque Founder Denies Terrorism Link as he seeks Release (8/24/04)
LOS ANGELES A top fund-raiser for an Islamic charity with alleged ties to terrorists says he thought money he raised went only for humanitarian projects.
Abdel-Jabbar (AHB'-duhl jah-BAHR') Hamdan is a founder of an Anaheim, California, mosque. He testified yesterday at an immigration hearing in Los Angeles.
Hamdan also asserted that his links to his family in the United States area so strong that he should be freed as he fights deportation.
He was arrested on immigration charges last month as federal authorities unsealed an indictment against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development. It charged that the Richardson, Texas-based charity funneled millions to the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Hamdan insists he has no information to support allegations that the group aided Hamas.
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A man described in a federal indictment as a "high-ranking" Hamas operative was arrested in Maryland on Friday videotaping the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, authorities acknowledged last night.
Ismael Selim Elbarasse of Annandale, Va., long suspected by authorities of having financial ties to the Palestinian terrorist group, was taken into custody as a "material witness" in a Chicago terrorism case, according to Maryland's U.S. attorney's office.