At Last, Muslim Scholar Visits US

A federal appeals court had ruled in his favor. Secretary of StateHillary Rodham Clinton had issued an order that paved the way for a visa. And so, on Wednesday afternoon, Tariq Ramadan stepped off a plane at Newark Liberty International Airport for his first visit to the United States since 2004, when the Bush administration barred him from entering, asserting he had contributed money to terrorist enterprises.

FULL ARTICLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES