January 11, 2008
Tariq Ramadan Loses U.S. Visa-Denial Case
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government acted legally when it denied a visa to Tariq Ramadan, a prominent European Muslim scholar, because he had donated money to a group that passed some of its funds to the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
In the ruling, handed down in late December, Judge Paul A. Crotty of the U.S. District Court in New York said the law left Mr. Ramadan with the "heavy burden" of having to "prove a negative": that he was unaware his money was going to
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