December 21, 2007
Federal Judge Rules Against Tariq Ramadan in Visa-Denial Case
A federal judge has ruled that the United States government acted legally when it denied a visa to Tariq Ramadan, a prominent European Muslim scholar, because he had donated money to an organization that passed some of its funds to the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
In the ruling, handed down on Thursday, Judge Paul A. Crotty of the U.S. District Court in New York said the law leaves Mr. Ramadan with the "heavy burden" of having to "prove a negative": that he was unaware his
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