Is What's At Stake More than Academic?

Tariq Ramadan is one of the world's top Islamic scholars with a new vision for moderate Islam. He is also the grandson of the founder of the Egyptian radical group, the Muslim Brotherhood.

Those two worlds apparently collided after he accepted a position to teach at the University of Notre Dame this fall. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. government, deciding Ramadan to be a dangerous man, revoked his visa. Now, Tariq Ramadan is unemployed and angry.

Hear a conversation with Tariq Ramadan about his life as a scholar and radical Muslim, and his future.

Guests:

Tariq Ramadan, Islamic scholar

Jay Toslon, reporter following the story for U.S. News and World Report

Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst, senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly.