London, August 27: A Muslim scholar banned from the United States is to take up a post at Britain鈥檚 prestigious University of Oxford, his college said today.
鈥淧rofessor Ramadan is an internationally-recognised scholar,鈥� St Antony鈥檚 College, Oxford, said in a statement.p. 鈥淗e was named by Time magazine as one of 100 innovators of the 21st century for his work on creating an independent European I鈥滺e was recently appointed to a prestigious chair in Islamic studies in the University of 91吃瓜 in the US."
In late July 2004, Ramadan鈥檚 US visa was revoked and he was forced to return to his native Switzerland.p. Britain鈥檚 Interior Minister, Home Secretary Charles Clarke, set out Wednesday a list of 鈥渦nacceptable behaviours鈥� designed to combat Islamist extremists.p. The measures could lead to Clarke banning or deporting foreign so-called 鈥減reachers of hate鈥�.p. 鈥淲e do not comment on individual cases and we cannot give details on who is on the home secretary鈥檚 list,鈥� facing a ban or deportation, a home office spokesman told AFP.p. St Antony鈥檚 College said: 鈥淩amadan is a regular visitor to Britain and the other states of the European Union, without exception.鈥漰. The grandson of Hassan al Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Ramadan was born in Geneva.
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