In a statement issued today, Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) commended the decision of the U.S. Department of State for lifting a ban that prevented Professor Tariq Ramadan from entering the United States for the past six years. Ever since this ban was imposed on this prominent Muslim intellectual and scholar Dr. Tariq Ramadan in 2004, for which he couldn’t take the distinguished teaching position at Notre Dame University or visit the United States, ICNA and other civil liberties organizations have been asking and campaigning for its withdrawal. “We commend this move by our government to right the past wrong,” said ICNA President Dr. Zahid Bukhari. “This is a very positive step and it will certainly help us pursue a new relationship with the Muslim World and the Muslim communities around the globe based on mutual interest and mutual respect, as emphasized by our President in his historic Cairo speech.” The Islamic Circle of North America is an American Muslim organization dedicated to the betterment of society through the promotion of Islamic values.
