Denied Muslim scholar gets Swiss help
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A Muslim scholar said Wednesday he is seeking Swiss government support after being denied a U.S. visa to teach at the Univesity of Notre Dame.
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A religious council last month condemned a treatise on how Muslims can integrate into non-Islamic nations.
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INDIANAPOLIS &#151; Scholars and critics worldwide are demanding that the U.S. government explain why it revoked the work visa of a Muslim scholar hired at the University of Notre Dame, saying the action threatens academic freedoms.
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In limbo since the State Department invoked an anti-terrorism law to keep him out of the country, Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan resigned his faculty appointment at the University of Notre Dame this week.
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GENEVA, Sept. 24 -- Swiss voters ratified new asylum and immigration laws Sunday that make it more difficult for refugees to receive assistance and effectively block non-European unskilled workers from entering the country.
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In a new book seen as a prelude to a presidential bid, France's finance minister is taking up the thorny question of how to reach out to an increasingly assertive Muslim minority and integrate it into a largely secular society.
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OTTAWA (CP) - An Ottawa man accused of terrorist links denied Wednesday that he ever assisted Islamic extremists.
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Some Muslim congregations are seeking native imams who can discuss issues that seem relevant to young people.
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Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who is awaiting trial for urging followers to kill non-Muslims, was denied bail by a British judge on Tuesday.
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The government has rejected a prominent Muslim scholar's application to enter the country, contending that he gave support to a terrorist group, but his attorneys allege the U.S. is using charitable donations he made as a pretext for stifling his views.
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A key piece of evidence used to arrest and detain a mosque leader accused of supporting terrorism has come into question, with federal prosecutors acknowledging that a note found in a terrorist camp may have been mistranslated.
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Swiss officials confirmed on Wednesday that the suspect had been arrested for violating Switzerlandâs immigration laws. âThe Prosecutorâs Office was not aware of his presence in Switzerland before it
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ALBANY, NY, Aug. 17 -- Federal prosecutors acknowledged a possible translation error in a key piece of evidence used to arrest and detain a mosque leader accused of supporting terrorism.
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MARSEILLE, France : In a major broadside, President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin rejected a senior government minister's idea of using state funds to build mosques and train Islamic ...
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A Swiss court found a Turkish militant leader guilty Friday of denying the Armenian genocide, the first time Switzerland's anti-racism law has been applied to the World War I slaughter.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 25 -- The government has rejected the visa application of one of Europe's best-known Muslim intellectuals, saying that he supported a terrorist group. His attorneys allege that the United States is using charitable donations he made as a pretext for stifling his views.
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Pope Benedict XVI's challenge to secularism has been met with receptivity during his German visit.