WASHINGTON, July 19: The United States has apologized to a prominent Britain-based Muslim scholar for denying him entry to the country last week, and has given him a new US visa, the US Embassy in London said on Tuesday.
Zaki Badawi, the unofficial leader of Britain’s Muslims who attended talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday, was the latest in a string of people who have been denied entry to the United States since Sept. 11, 2001.
Speaking off the record, European law enforcement sources have accused the United States of overreacting in many of these cases.—Reuters
