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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (615316)	8/31/2004 7:32:34 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 769670

What color is the sky in your world?

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (615316)	8/31/2004 7:34:46 PM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Weren't those children actually young adults firing AK-47 fully automatic rifles at Israeli civilian homeowners, police and troops?

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (615316)	8/31/2004 8:40:28 PM
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Squelching thoughts and ideas that oppose zionist fascism. More censorship, or attempt at censorship. Academics, newspaper protest revocation of Islamic scholar Tue Aug 31, 3:22 PM ET CHICAGO (AFP) - More than a dozen US academics added their voices to the chorus calling on US authorities to reinstate a visa for the Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan. In a letter to US Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge, the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) called on Ridge to authorise a work permit for the Swiss national. The 41-year-old scholar was scheduled to take up a teaching post at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, last week, but was barred at the last minute when the US State Department rescinded his visa. US authorities have refused to comment in detail on Ramadan's case, but the move has been widely censured by US academics, who suspect the Swiss national has been barred because of his criticisms of US foreign policy. "Although Dr Ramadan has voiced criticism of some US and Israeli policies in Palestine, the war in Iraq (news - web sites), and US support for authoritarian regimes in the Middle East, such opinions constitute no reason to deny him a visa," the Center's board of directors said in the letter. The Washington-based organisation brings together some of the foremost US scholars on Islam, including professors from Georgetown University in Washington and New York state's Cornell University, in the interests of promoting a better understanding of Islam and democracy. Their concerns were underscored by the American Association of University Professors, a Washington-based advocacy group for academic freedom, in a letter issued last week. In the letter to Ridge and US Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites), the association rebuked authorities for a decision that it said appeared to be at odds "with our society's respect for academic freedom." "Foreign scholars offered appointments at an American institution of higher learning should not be barred by our government from entering the United States because of their political beliefs or associations or their writings," said Robert O'Neil, the head of the association's special committee on academic freedom. O'Neil concluded by urging the State Department to reinstate the visa that it yanked on the advice of Homeland Security officials. The Chicago Tribune newspaper also waded into the fray in an editorial published Tuesday, saying officials should either put up or shut up. "If he is being refused permission to teach in this country purely because of his views, the government has an obligation to Notre Dame and the American people to acknowledge that -- and to specify which of his opinions endangers public safety," the broadsheet said. Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies appointed Ramadan as Henry Luce professor of religion, conflict and peace-building earlier this year after a thorough vetting procedure. The author of several books, including "Western Muslims and the Future of Islam," Ramadan has called for greater assimilation of European Muslims and has been an outspoken critic of the Muslim community's inclination towards insularity. Many see him as a moderate voice in the Muslim world who could make a valuable contribution to the US debate about Islam, but he has also been dogged by accusations of supporting Al-Qaeda and of being anti-Semitic -- charges he denies. news.yahoo.com