NSC in the News: Harvard peers press to stall a deportation (Boston Globe)
Harvard peers press to stall a deportation
In letters, dozens defend arrested divinity student
By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff | April 30, 2009
CAMBRIDGE - Nur Munir was supposed to earn a master’s degree from Harvard in June. But this month he vanished.
Classmates said the slight, gentle divinity student had never missed a session in his seminar on Islamic law, where he sat right next to the professor. He was a fixture at prayers at the Harvard Islamic Society. Students began to ask: “What happened to Nur?”
Soon, one of his professors received an e-mail: Munir was in a Pennsylvania jail fighting deportation to Indonesia.
Now, his classmates and professors are waging a letter-writing campaign to persuade federal immigration officials to grant Munir a stay of deportation, at least until he completes his master’s in theological studies. Munir, who classmates say is a Muslim who passionately supports peaceful relations with Jews, has been fighting to stay in the United States for the past decade.
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