November 15, 2007

'Terrorist Activities' Cited in Denial of U.S. Visa for South African Scholar

By Mary Andom

A prominent South African scholar who was refused entry into the United States last year has received a letter from the U.S. government saying his visa was revoked because of his involvement in unspecified "terrorist activities." The scholar, Adam Habib, a deputy vice chancellor of the University of Johannesburg, has strongly denied the charge.

In the letter to Mr. Habib, which was dated October 26 and provided to The Chronicle by the American Civil Liberties Union, the

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