Community | July 04, 2008 | 2 comments

Muslim nuclear physicist sues US government over human rights abuse

source: http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080702/full/454014b.html

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http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080702/full/454014b.html

An Egyptian-born nuclear physicist is suing the US Department of Energy over the revocation of his security clearance.

Moniem El-Ganayi, a US citizen since 1988, had been an employee of the department for 18 years, conducting research into nuclear propulsion. An active member of the local Islamic community, he was also a critic of the Iraq war, as well as the US government's treatment of Muslims.

In May, the government revoked his security clearence, on the grounds of his supposed "conflicting allegiances", before firing him outright a short time later.

He will fight his case with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, claiming that "the Department of Energy has violated his rights of free speech, and freedom of discrimination."

The implication of the DoE's charge of "conflicting allegiances", seems to be that you cannot be both an American and a Muslim with an interest in upholding the human rights of others; the government now risks a backlash from both the Muslim and scientific communities, with the outcome of the case sure to attract public attention.
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2 comments // Muslim nuclear physicist sues US government over human rights abuse

  • rwylie
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      rwylie  

    • After reading his resumé, it's not hard to imagine where his priorities lie. Probably not with what he would see as a trouble making Egyptian born minority citizen. I'll be interested to see the outcome of this one.

    • 4 years ago
  • shelchak
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      shelchak  

    • This is some info from an ABC profile on Samuel Bodman, the Sec'y of Energy:

      "The new energy secretary has limited experience in energy policy. However, he is no novice in the Bush administration. Before serving as deputy treasury secretary, Bodman was the deputy to Secretary of Commerce Don Evans.

      Bodman is responsible for moving a stalled energy bill through Congress -- a bill containing such controversial proposals as opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling."

      http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Inauguration/story?id=375079

    • 4 years ago

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