By Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen
FrontPageMagazine.com | January 11, 2006

While welcoming outspoken Islamists like Moroccan Mustafa El Khalfi and Malaysian Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim into the U.S. on “fellowships” and as “visiting scholars,” the State Department has repeatedly denied visas to an Israeli billionaire philanthropist and ally in the U.S. War on Terror.

The State Department had no qualms admitting El Khalfi, whose Islamist activities are well documented. At the early age of 15, he joined Morocco’s Islamist party Jama Islamiya, which is associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. More recently he edited Morocco’s key Islamist newspaper, At-Tajdid, which condones Islamist terrorism and anti-American actions.

Likewise, the State Department found nothing wrong with Anwar Ibrahim, who co-founded the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated and U.S., based International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). Ibrahim also strongly supports the pro-Jihad doctrine advanced by Qatar-based radical Muslim cleric Yusuf Qaradawi, who is banned from the U.S.

Yet, the Israeli philanthropist, Michael Cherney, who has donated more than $20 million over the last decade to anti-terror activities and studies, and support for terror victims, has been repeatedly denied entry to the U.S. Cherney’s crime? He did not commit any. Unlike most innocent people, he was forced to prove his innocence: his business success and wealth attracted crooks who attempted to extort hundreds of millions from him. When they failed, they went on an international “smear offensive,” and even attempted to kill him. Continue reading “Inviting Enemies and Rejecting Friends” →

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