SOUTH BEND, Ind.(AP) A Muslim scholar whose work visa was abruptly revoked after he was hired by the University of Notre Dame said Tuesday he has resigned his appointment. "I'm abandoning the idea of moving to the United States," Tariq Ramadan told The Associated Press from Geneva. "I want to maintain my dignity." Ramadan notified the university on Monday, citing the stress on him and his family from the uncertainty of their situation, said R. Scott Appleby, director of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Ramadan, a Swiss citizen, was barred from working in the United States in August just days before he was to begin teaching at Notre Dame. The Department of Homeland Security cited security concerns but released no specifics.
He didn1t want to come to the US because,unlike France,and the resto of Eurabia,the US is not yet(and will never be)a dhimmi state,so he would actually have to live by our laws,and therefore "lose his dignity".
Stay there and never set foot on our soil,we don`t need you,we despise you,we wish you would convince your fellow muslims in the US to follow your exemple and leave.
The sooner,the better.
Hooray and hallelujah!! I am sure that the good fathers of Notre Dame were advised by the alumni that they were not amused and would neither welcome him nor allow their children to to accept his tutelage as his reputation has been diminished by uppity Americans that have discovered a connection to the Muslim Brotherhood and extremism.
Good on ya, America! Keep this snake out. It's unfortunate that they can take advantage of immigration laws to slither their way into our society. "Work visa", my butt! What work is that? Taqiyaa? Kitman? Jihad-recruitment?
Le nouvel observateur website has an article that can be found by googling "Mohamed Sifaoui."
Without translating verbatim, I offer a rough translation of the article here:
The Algerian journalist Mohamad Sifaoui has, on December 10 brought suit against the Union of Islamic Organizations of France (UOIF), his lawyer Richard Malka announced, claiming that they have put him in danger akin to that which the late documentary film-maker Theo van Gogh experienced.
The UOIF had written that the journalist (M. Sifaoui) was "well-known for his hostility to the symbols of Muslim practice," in a communique issued on November 27. UOIF demanded that France-2 not show a documentary by Mohamed Sifaoui on the Muslin intellectual Tariq Ramadan, which in fact was broadcast on December 2.
According to the complaint (delivered to the tribunal at Boginy) this characterization amounted to calling Mohamad Sifaou an apostate from Islam, which "constitutes, according to the theological authorities on which UOIF itself relies, a crime" punishable by death.
The case of the Dutchman Theo van Gogh, "struck down, after he had affirmed his islamophobia,by an association of Dutch MUslims. M. Malka, Sifaoui's lawyer, referred to the crime which consists in provoking others to discrimination, or hatred or violence against a person because of his belong, or not belonging, to a particular ethnic or national group, a race, or a specific religion."
There is more to be said about the methods chosen by the Union of Islamic Organizations of France to prevent, at all costs, the showing of this investigative report on Tariq Ramadan by the journalist Mohamed Sifaoui.
But that should be a start.
Rumor has it that Secretary Powell wanted Ramadan to be admitted. Stories have widely circulated that there is much more to the story of Tariq Ramadan, and to his associations with figures who are not exactly "Muslim intellectuals."
Possibly the showing of this program helped to convince Ramadan that there was no point in waiting; he was not ever going to be admitted to the United States. For him, programs such as that of Mohamed Sifaoui, and books such as "Frere Tariq" of the well-known Mme. Fourest, have simply become too inquisitive, and too difficult to talk around or over.
Now the question becomes: will those Infidels, whose reputation, or even lives, are endangered by those who serve as apologists and shills for Ramadan, or for Islam -- Appleby and Esposito and Haddad come to mind -- suffer any consequences, either from the public, or from the academic institutions with which they are associated, and which are tainted, in the view of many, by that association?
Yeehaw! Consider this an early Christmas (or Hannukah (sp?)) gift!
Good. One more Ikhwan kept out of the USA.
It strikes me as odd as to why Ramadan would even want to come to America, especially now. Dawa aside, he knows very well that he wouldn't be able to get away with the same crimes as he did in Europe. His activities would be seriously hindered and there is no need for more apologists in America - academia and Muslim "civil rights" groups are full of them. Moreover, his talents would be wasted on apologetics, we all know his heart belongs to Islamism and that's his passion. I don't think he really thought it through initially. I also think since Kerry lost, Ramadan may have figured that it just wasn't worth it. As long as the Patriot Act is in full swing and as long as the Republicans are in power, Ramadan's American Dawa will just have to wait...until a Democrat is president.
Good Riddance!
Meet Tariq Ramadan -
"Be careful of Ramadan’s model of Islam"
by Olivier Clément
excerpt:
"Jacques Jomier has efficiently summed up the goal that drives Tariq Ramadan: “His problem is not the modernization of Islam, but the islamification of modernity” (“Esprit et Vie,” February 17, 2000)."
http://213.92.16.98/ESW_articolo/0,2393,42025,00.html
Daniel Pipes in the NY Sun
"Why Revoke Tariq Ramadan's U.S. Visa?"
http://www.danielpipes.org/article/2043
Tariq Ramadan and the anti-globalizationist movement:
http://watch.windsofchange.net/themes_67.htm
Well, this is an excellent conclusion to the Tariq Ramadan affair, although honestly, I would have much preferred it if the trustees of the U. of Notre Dame had put Appleby and his ilk at the Kroc Center on a leash and told them that the University was no place for Brother Tariq.
And if Appleby cries "censorship" and "academic freedom", then somebody should remind him that Tariq Ramadan helped censor Voltaire's "Mahomet" in Europe ten years ago.
Now to find a new use for the blog!
http://FireTariqRamadan.blogs.com
http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/385
Weblog: Tariq Ramadan Gives Up, December 14, 2004
Excerpt:
A senior DHS official looked me [Daniel Pipes] hard in the eyes a few weeks ago and assured me, "The evidence we have is damning."
Good. One more Ikhwan kept out of the USA.
Posted by: Kepha1 at December 15, 2004 12:46 AM
Actually, Ramadan is "bin-bint-abu-Ikhwan" -- the son of the daughter of the father of the Ikhwan-ul-Muslimeen, Hasan al-Banna.
Darius --
Don't stop minding the Tariq Ramadan story. What you put up was, and is, most useful. If anything, simply expand your coverage. Here's an idea: start with Azizah al-Hibri, a Lebanese immigrant who is pushing her "feminist" (of the "Sherin Ebadi defend Islam at all costs school) Islam, and who, having gotten a law degree, managed to get herself a position, no doubt hired by ingenuous law professors acting on the mistaken belief that 1) Islam was a hot topic and 2) here was a Muslim woman interested in "women's issues" and there was a whiff of "reform" and grant money and glory in the air, so why not hire her and 3) her appalling performance -- the nonsense about "freedom of speech" and "freedom of thought" and "separation of church and state" in Islam all mean that she is one of the worst practitioners of taqiyya/kitman and her work, and interventions, deserve to be subject to close and continued scrutiny.
Don't stop.