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Topic: Tariq Ramadan
Tariq Ramadan is the subject or is mentioned in the following stories:

View from Dubai: Why is Mumbai Burning?

DUBAI, UAE -- Watching the terror nightmare unfold in Mumbai over the past three days on television with me, my kids repeatedly asked: "Who are these terrorists and why are they doing this?" And every time I wished I could offer them a convincing answer.

Why I Went to Meet the Pope

LONDON -- Now that the shock waves touched off by Pope Benedict XVI's remarks at Regensburg on Sept., 12, 2006 have subsided, the overall consequences have proven more positive than negative. Above and beyond polemics, the pope's lecture has heightened general awareness of their respective responsibilities among Christians and Muslims in the West.

Switzerland, a Possible Target of Islamist Terrorism?

Once considered the safest country in Europe, if not the world, Switzerland is now a potential target of a terrorist attack. Why? In the past few months something has happened to this quiet and neutral country where outside of an occasional banking scandal nothing much went on; at least nothing that merited international focus.

EDITORIAL: Sharia law in Britain

Dr. Rowan Williams, the spiritual head of the Anglican Church worldwide as Archbishop of Canterbury, has provoked great controversy by suggesting that the introduction of Sharia Islamic law is unavoidable in Britain.

Regional Roundups

A regularly updated column of news briefs from around the region Iraqi sportsmen killed 'for wearing shorts'

Viewpoint: Arbitrary justice comes to US

Doug Thompson, the "Capitol Hill Blue" E-zine founder and a guy who has a knack for being among the first to report events from inside the White House, says he can't board an airliner. He's on a Federal "No Fly" terrorist "watch list."

Opinion: Tariq Ramadan's proposal

The Muslim scholar who was issued and then denied a visa to teach in the United States because of alleged ties to 'terrorists' is calling for an immediate moratorium on corporal punishments, stoning and the death penalty that Muslim fundamentalists

Fed-up Islamic scholar quits Notre Dame

A pacifist Islamic professor has given up hope of getting a US visa and announced his resignation from the University of Notre Dame. "As you may imagine, my family has experienced enormous stress and uncertainty during this period, and I

Déjà vu all over again?

The administration of US President George W. Bush is launching two new initiatives it says are designed to thwart efforts to disrupt the US elections.

Academics seek UK visa for Islamic scholar

More than a dozen US academics have added their voices to calls urging US authorities to reinstate a visa for a controversial Islamic scholar, Tariq Ramadan.
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