Fouad Ajami on Tariq Ramadan

“The liberty of an open society can never be a suicide pact, and the freedom of the academy is never absolute.” Predictably, Fouad Ajami adds his voice to the chorus of right-wingers supporting Professor Ramadan’s exclusion from the US.

Wall Street Journal, 7 September 2004

For a profile of Ajami – “the bigot’s favorite native, always ready to provide the needed soundbites to rationalize the latest racist thinking or imperial adventure” – see Muslim WakeUp! 7 September 2004