The 5 October 2004 meeting of the National Union of Students executive adopted a resolution calling for Tariq Ramadan’s invitation to speak at the European Social Forum to be withdrawn. It’s worth noting that Alan Clarke of the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty, who moved the motion, justified his call for a ban by citing the fact that Professor Ramadan’s US visa had been withdrawn. This was of course due to an intervention by the Department of Homeland Security – an organisation created by George W. Bush as part of the “war on terror”. Sometimes you think the AWL can’t possibly sink any lower – only for them to prove you utterly wrong.
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