Friday, April 13, 2007

Divisive Scholar Draws Parallels Between Islam and Democracy

Ramadan Says Tensions Are Rooted in History, Not Incompatibility
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 11, 2007; Page B06

Tariq Ramadan has a huge following in Europe but a controversial profile in the United States. The Islamic scholar has been barred from entering the country since 2004, when he was denied a visa he needed to accept a professorship at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.

Yesterday, however, students at Georgetown University heard and questioned the influential Egyptian-born writer as he gave the first of three public lectures to be delivered on the campus by satellite video hookup from London. For 90 minutes, he appeared on a large screen in Gaston Hall, seated and wearing a sports jacket and open shirt, with Big Ben in the background. continue...

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