Last month the U.S. government canceled a visa that it had granted to Tariq Ramadan, a Muslim scholar in Switzerland. The visa, which had been approved in March and would have allowed him to accept a tenured professorship at the University of Notre Dame, was revoked at the request of the Homeland Security Department. No explanation has been given, but a department spokesman cited “public-safety or national-security risks” as the usual reasons for such an action.
Tariq Ramadan, 42, is a professor of Islamic studies and philosophy at the University of Fribourg, in Switzerland. He will respond to questions and comments about these issues on Thursday, September 9, at 2 p.m., U.S. Eastern time on the Chronicle of Higher Education website
Background links:
Crooked Timber
Al-Muhajabah
Muslims Under Progress
Avari-Nameh
Muslim WakeUp! (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Pink Bunny of Battle
Diana Eck
Tariq Ramadan himself