U.S. wrongly rejects Muslim scholars

Evidently, even those who seek peace and condemn terror are not fit to enter the United States.

"How can America encourage the voices of moderation and tolerance and pluralism within the Muslim world when, because of fearful ignorance, we insult and exclude them ?.." -- Diana Eck, director of the Harvard University Pluralism Project

The rejection of prominent Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan and peace activist Yusuf Islam (a.k.a Cat Stevens) from entering the country has only furthered the view that the Bush administration’s war on terrorism is haphazard at best...
[The Minnesota Daily]

[Via: Je Blog]

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