The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, will review a ban on respected Swiss Muslim academic and scholar Tariq Ramadan, who was forbidden from entering the United States in 2004 and beginning an appointment at the University of Notre Dame. The Bush Administration prevented him from entering the US,…
European countries that have offered to help the Obama administration close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba by resettling 60 o the 241 detainees in Europe detainees have begun raising questions about the security risks and requirements if they accept any of the prisoners. The concerns, and a deep suspicion of whether the American…
While many American Muslim leaders are eager to help President Barack Obama improve the image of the United States in the Arab and Islamic world, many worry that their contribution may not always be welcome, marked by suspicion that continues to keep many U.S. groups from working with the Muslim community and vice versa, with…
Amid a reported surge in anti-Jewish attacks in Europe, a group of leading moderate Muslims Thursday warned Prime Minister Gordon Brown that anger over Israel’s invasion of Gaza could spill over to the streets of Britain. “…The anger within UK Muslim communities has reached acute levels of intensity,” said a letter to Brown from 14…
