September 10, 2004

U.S. Shuts Out Muslim Scholar, Raising Fears for Academic Freedom

By Burton Bollag

The decision of the U.S. government to revoke the visa of Tariq Ramadan, a prominent but controversial European Muslim scholar who was scheduled to teach at the University of Notre Dame, has led to protests that post-September 11 visa restrictions are being used to keep out an intellectual with unpopular ideas.

Mr. Ramadan, 42, a Swiss citizen living in Geneva, had accepted a full-time, tenured position as the Henry R. Luce professor of religion, conflict, and peacebuilding at the

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