Islamist Mosques and Organizations Rally for Tariq Ramadan

If one can be judged by his supporters, then Oxford scholar Tariq Ramadan’s Islamist credentials just got a boost. The Investigative Project on Terrorism reports that two radical D.C. mosques held programs calling for Ramadan’s release from the French jail where he’s incarcerated on rape charges. Worse, their rallies were sponsored by the Aafia Foundation, so-named for the convicted Pakistani terrorist Aafia Siddiqui, aka “Lady Al-Qaida.”

Cinnamon Stillwell analyzes Middle East studies academia in West Coast colleges and universities for Campus Watch. A San Francisco Bay Area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, she is a columnist, blogger, and social media analyst. Ms. Stillwell, a former contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and has appeared as a guest on television and talk radio.
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