Campus Watch reports the following from April 18-25, 2019:
Campus Watch Research
https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58333/georgetown-lecturer-whitewashes-islamism-blames
Campus Watch Blog
Georgetown Lecturer Whitewashes Islamism, Blames West for Jihadis: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58335/georgetown-lecturer-whitewashes-islamism-blames
Penn Prof Ian Lustick Objects to ‘Israel Studies’ Issue that Addresses Anti-Israel ‘Word Crimes': https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58315/penn-prof-ian-lustick-objects-to-israel-studies
Middle East Forum Among Eighty Organizations Asking UMass Not to Sponsor Anti-Israel Confab: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58316/middle-east-forum-among-eighty-organizations
Middle East Studies in the News
Haaretz on the controversy surrounding an issue of Israel Studies dedicated to pushing back against anti-Zionist rhetoric (incl. Miriam Elman, Ian Lustick, Gershon Shafir, Ilan Troen, Donna Robinson Divine, Arie Dubnov): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58307/anti-bds-pro-israel-hasbara-internal-war-breaks
Pro-Israel historians added to Arab-Israeli conflict course designed for Swiss high school teachers (incl. Tel Aviv U. prof Shlomo Sand): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58336/communal-pressure-helps-put-pro-israeli-speakers
Harry Onickel defends Canary Mission at FrontPage Mag. (incl. Hatem Bazian, Steven Salaita, Middle East Studies Association): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58291/in-defense-of-canary-mission-incl-hatem-bazian
Inside Higher Ed on Columbia U. rescheduling a canceled panel on Turkey: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58305/columbia-reschedules-canceled-panel-on-turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accuses the West of hypocrisy re Armenian Genocide (incl. NYU prof James Ryan): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58319/erdogan-accuses-west-of-hypocrisy-over-armenian
The Armenian translation of USC prof Taner Akçam’s book, Killing Orders: Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the Armenian Genocide, is published: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58308/taner-akcam-new-book-on-armenian-genocide-makes
Akçam delivers a lecture at USC on his research: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58337/taner-akcam-lectures-at-usc
On Muslim scholars lamenting the Sri Lanka Easter church bombings (incl. Southern Methodist U. prof Omar Suleiman, Rhodes College’s Yasir Qadhi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58290/muslim-scholars-lament-horrific-tragedy-in-sri
U. of Notre Dame holds a mass in remembrance of the bombings (incl. Ebrahim Moosa): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58324/michiana-community-rallies-around-sri-lanka-in
Simon Wiesenthal Center criticizes Rep. Ilhan Omar for retweeting Omar Suleiman’s tweet claiming that Jesus was “Palestinian": https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58321/rabbi-blasts-ilhan-omar-nyt-for-pushing-claim
U. of Minnesota students on the ongoing controversy surrounding Ilhan Omar (incl. Luther College prof Todd Green): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58294/umn-students-weigh-in-on-ilhan-omar-controversy
On a new Islamic studies minor at (incl. Mohsen Goudarzi, Aisha Ghani): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58292/new-islamic-studies-minor-underway-at-umn-incl
Duke U. prof Omid Safi on “The Connection Between Game of Thrones and Mystic Poetry": https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58318/the-connection-between-game-of-thrones-and-mystic
Fordham U’s Rev. Patrick J. Ryan, S.J delivers a lecture on “Sexuality, Spirituality, and the Love of God” (incl. Sarit Kattan Gribetz, Amir Hussain): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58320/rev-patrick-j-ryan-sj-delivers-lecture-on
U. of Toledo prof Ovamir Anjum speaks at the Bowling Green State U. (Ohio) event, “Religion and Climate Change: Conflict or Collaboration?": https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58338/religious-scholars-activist-preach-environmental
On former Oxford prof Tariq Ramadan:
The National (UAE) on Ramadan’s absence from the annual Muslims of France conference: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58322/controversial-scholar-ramadan-absence-overshadows
Jihad Watch (Hugh Fitzgerald) on the Qatar/Muslim Brotherhood funding revelations: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58303/hugh-fitzgerald-tariq-ramadan-qatar-and
On continuing fallout over the Duke/UNC anti-Israel “Conflict over Gaza” conference:
FrontPage Magazine (Daniel Greenfield): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58304/federal-grant-financed-anti-semitic-song-at-u
Jewish Journal: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58326/unc-duke-mideast-studies-consortium-condemns
The Daily Tar Heel: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58293/several-co-sponsors-of-the-conflict-over-gaza
Fousesquawk (blog of Gary Fouse): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58296/shame-on-unc-and-duke
Moonlighters
On criticism of the upcoming U. of Massachusetts panel discussion, “Not Backing Down: Israel, Free Speech, & the Battle for Palestinian Rights,” that will include Temple U. prof Marc Lamont Hill:
AMCHA Initiative letter signed by eighty organizations, incl. the Middle East Forum, asks UMass to rescind sponsorship: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58298/80-education-faculty-student-religious-and-civil
JNS: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58299/eighty-organizations-call-on-umass-to-reverse
And: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58325/umass-sponsored-event-featuring-anti-israel
Jerusalem Post: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58317/80-groups-call-on-umass-to-rescind-sponsorship
Massachusetts Daily Collegian (op-ed defending the event): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58309/like-we-said-were-not-backing-down-incl-marc
Other items that include Marc Lamont Hill:
IPT on Weather Underground terrorist Judith Clark’s early release: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58302/another-terrorist-gets-early-prison-release-incl
Jan. 2019 Jerusalem Post op-ed on leftist anti-Semitism: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58297/when-hating-jews-becomes-acceptable-by-the-far
On the attempt at Williams College (Massachusetts) to adopt U. of Chicago’s free speech policy, which was inspired by asinine comments made by UC Riverside prof Reza Aslan on a panel discussion at the college:
Legal Insurrection: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58339/student-activists-outraged-as-williams-college
Inside Higher Ed: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58327/free-speech-meltdown-incl-reza-aslan
Breitbart: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58323/williams-college-students-demand-censorship-on
Williams prof Luana Maroja’s Nov. 2018 blog post on the Aslan panel: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58328/a-williams-college-professor-describes-her-school
Other items on Reza Aslan:
Newton Daily News op-ed in praise of Aslan’s books: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58340/three-books-same-author-on-reza-aslan
