Muslim Scholar Unwelcome: Obama Lawyer

by Muhammed Qasim
Islam Online
March 25, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1517/muslim-scholar-unwelcome-obama-lawyer

Excerpt:

Although it has made a break with many of George Bush's controversial, self-declared war on terror policies and has promised to reach out to Muslims, the Obama administration has decided to back a Bush decision to deny one of Europe's leading Muslim intellectuals entry.

"Consular decisions are not subject to litigation," Assistant US Attorney David Jones told the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

He asked the court to uphold a decision to bar Tariq Ramadan, an Oxford University professor, from entering the country.

Jones argued that if the court questioned a consular officer's decision to bar Ramadan, this would leave the administration in a "quagmire" with others seeking such reversals.

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