In Shift, U.S. Lifts Visa Curbs on Professors
"Six years after using the Patriot Act to revoke the visa of a prominent Muslim academic, the United States State Department reversed itself and said Wednesday that it would no longer bar the scholar from entering the United States. ... The State Department’s order also applies to Adam Habib, deputy vice chancellor at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa."
SARAH LYALL in the New York Times.