"The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will be honoring veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas with their “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the group’s 16th annual fundraising banquet...Tariq Ramadan, an Islamic Studies professor the Bush administration banned from traveling to U.S. in 2004 and who was only recently was permitted entry, will be the evening’s keynote speaker."
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"On September 19, 2006, the government formally denied Ramadan's visa application. A State Department statement said: 'A U.S. consular officer has denied Dr. Tariq Ramadan's visa application. The consular officer concluded that Dr. Ramadan was inadmissible based solely on his actions, which constituted providing material support to a terrorist organization.' On January 20, 2010, after more than five years of waiting, the American State Department has decided, in a document signed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to lift the ban that prohibited Ramadan (as well as Professor Adam Habib from South Africa) from entering the United States. On April 8, 2010, Ramadan spoke as part of a panel discussion at the Great Hall of Cooper Union in New York City, his first public appearance since the State Department lifted the ban. The group debated the lengths to which Western nations should go to accommodate their Muslim populations."
Tariq Ramadan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Well, there you go.