November 30, 2007

U.S. Says Terrorist Activities Caused Visa Denial

By MARY ANDOM

A prominent South African scholar who was refused entry into the United States last year received a letter from the U.S. government saying his visa was revoked because of his involvement in unspecified "terrorist activities."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 an October letter to Mr. Habib, the State Department cited a section of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act that allows the exclusion of

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