Ramadam still welcome in Oxford

Friday 21 August 2009

Tariq Ramadan, the Islamic scholar sacked by Rotterdam city council and Erasmus University, will take up the job of professor of contemporary Islam studies at Oxford University in Britain from September 1, the Telegraaf reports.

Ramadan was fired because of his refusal to stop working for an Iranian-backed tv channel. The city and university said this could not be combined with his other roles as academic and advisor on integration.

Ramadan has been attached to Oxford as a researcher and lecturer for the past four years.
'Freedom of expression is a fundamental right which will be respected,' a spokesman for the British university told the paper.

Ramadan's professorship is funded by the Qatar foundation for education, the Telegraaf says.

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