Professor Suspected of Terrorism Ties Returns to U. of South Florida Classroom; Kent State's Chairman of Pan-African Studies Steps Down

By DENISE MAGNER and CHRISTOPHER SHEA

Two years after he was sent into academic exile under suspicion that he had ties to Middle Eastern terrorists, Sami A. Al-Arian has quietly returned to the classroom at the University of South Florida.

In May 1996, the university placed Mr. Al-Arian, an associate professor of computer engineering, on paid leave amid allegations that a charitable group he ran in Tampa, known as

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