Campus Watch reports the following from May 3-10, 2019:
Campus Watch Research
Why the Middle East Studies Association Should Not Defend Omar Barghouti https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58406/why-the-middle-east-studies-association-should
Zachary Lockman Ignores Inconvenient Facts About Omar Barghouti’s Ties to Terrorists (Caschetta’s response to MESA’s rebuttal): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58409/zachary-lockman-ignores-inconvenient-facts-about
Campus Watch in the Media
): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58408/denying-omar-barghouti-admittance-to-the-us-is
Blog
New Jersey Library Postpones Event Featuring Rutgers Prof and ‘P is for Palestine’ Author Golbarg Bashi: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58443/new-jersey-library-postpones-event-featuring
CAIR Uses Ramadan to Insert Religious Indoctrination into Washington Public Schools: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58422/cair-uses-ramadan-to-insert-religious
CW’s Response to MESA’s Zachary Lockman: Stop Ignoring Omar Barghouti’s Terror Ties: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58417/cw-response-to-mesa-zachary-lockman-stop-ignoring
Why the Middle East Studies Association Should Not Defend Omar Barghouti: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58463/why-the-middle-east-studies-association-should
Middle East Studies in the News
American Thinker piece criticizing MESA: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58410/an-academic-umbrella-for-bigots-on-the-middle
The ACLU lauds a federal court ruling that the challenge to the Trump administration’s “Muslim ban” can continue (incl. Judith Tucker, Middle East Studies Association): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58413/federal-court-rules-muslim-ban-challenge-can
On the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (in conjunction with Georgetown U.)'s annual “Islamophobia” study (incl. U. of Kentucky’s Ihsan Bagby): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58433/study-shows-islamophobia-is-growing-in-the-us
Newsweek series on “Ramadan 2019" (incl. Johns Hopkins U. lecturer Homayra Ziad and “Islamophobia”): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58416/ramadan-2019-special-greetings-and-wishes-from
Tufts U. Muslim chaplain Celene Ibrahim on Ramadan, unity, and “Islamophobia” (incl. Duke U. prof Omid Safi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58418/muslim-chaplain-brings-message-of-unity
The Christian Science Monitor examines the “burkini” debate in light of the latest Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue (incl. Lailatul Fitriyah, coordinator of the Notre Dame [University] Islamic Studies Colloquium): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58447/how-first-burkini-in-si-swimsuit-edition-is
Jezebel “investigates” whether Tiffany Trump posted a fake Rumi quote on Instagram (incl. Duke’s Omid Safi, U. of Maryland’s Fatemah Keshavarz, U. of Chicago’s Franklin Lewis): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58432/did-tiffany-trump-post-a-fake-rumi-quote-on
Clarion Project on Shiite extremist groups holding an event at Columbia U. (incl. U. of Colorado’s Hossein Hasemi, Columbia’s Gary Sick and Hamid Dabashi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58444/columbia-event-a-dream-for-the-iranian-regime
Clark U. prof Taner Akçam discussed his new book for an Armenian Genocide commemoration at St. Mary Armenian Church Hall: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58459/taner-akcam-speaks-at-washington-event
The Luxembourg government will review Bonnevoie mosque funding following revelations in the book Qatar Papers (incl. Tariq Ramadan): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58448/government-to-review-statements-made-about-mosque
UCLA prof Michael Rothberg bemoans the potential closing down of Stanford University Press: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58425/one-of-world-wealthiest-educational-institutions
On Rep. Ilhan Omar and anti-Semitism (incl. UC Berkeley’s Hatem Bazian): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58431/omar-the-one-in-every-generation-incl-hatem-bazian
Gary Fouse on UC Irvine’s SJP inviting SFSU prof Rabab Abdulhadi to speak about “resistance": https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58458/rabab-abdulhadi-coming-to-uc-irvine-finallymaybe
On an Arabic presentation at the U. of Oregon’s annual Foreign Language and International Studies Day (incl. Faten Arfaoui): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58460/arabic-culture-on-display-at-annual-foreign
On anti-Israel imam and Southern Methodist U. adjunct prof Omar Suleiman giving the invocation to the U.S. House of Representatives at the invitation of Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas):
The Investigative Project on Terrorism: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58452/israel-hating-gay-bashing-sexist-imam-gives
Breitbart: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58456/democrats-invited-anti-israel-imam-omar-suleiman
Washington Examiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58455/kkk-apartheid-ethnic-cleansing-the-anti-israel
Jerusalem Post: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58454/israel-bashing-imam-delivers-opening-prayer
JNS: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58461/controversial-imam-gives-opening-invocation
On Highland Park Library (NJ) postponing an event featuring Golbarg Bashi, Rutgers U. prof and author of the controversial children’s book “P is for Palestine":
Jewish Link of New Jersey: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58439/public-library-event-for-p-is-for-palestine
JNS: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58462/amid-backlash-library-in-highland-park-nj
JTA: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58438/nj-library-postpones-reading-by-p-is-for
NJ.com (an op-ed supporting Bashi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58440/im-outraged-at-my-hometown-bigotry-of-a-children
On the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund (FCDF) warning Washington’s Dieringer and Northshore School Districts that adopting CAIR’s recommendations for accommodating Muslim students with Ramadan and other holidays is unconstitutional:
FCDF (on Northshore): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58457/second-school-district-must-cease-and-desist
FCDF (on Dieringer): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58421/school-district-asks-teachers-to-bless-muslim
Breitbart: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58436/seattle-school-district-urges-teachers-to-follow
The Blaze: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58446/report-seattle-school-district-wants-teachers-to
The College Fix: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58445/claim-school-district-wants-teachers-to-bless
Fox News: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58424/washington-school-district-wants-teachers-to
The Daily Wire: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58423/seattle-school-district-wants-teachers-to-bless
The Washington Times: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58420/schools-under-fire-for-encouraging-teachers-to
World Net Daily: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58419/us-school-urging-teachers-to-bless-muslim
On the controversy surrounding an issue of Israel Studies dedicated to pushing back against anti-Zionist rhetoric (incl. Miriam Elman, Ian Lustick, Asaf Romirowsky, Ilan Troen, Donna Robinson Divine, Arie Dubnov):
Chronicle of Higher Education: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58435/israel-studies-journal-controversy-escalates-as
Elder of Ziyon: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58414/israel-studies-and-fighting-words-incl-steven
Moonlighters
On the aftermath of the U. of Massachusetts panel discussion, “Not Backing Down: Israel, Free Speech, & the Battle for Palestinian Rights” (incl. Temple U. prof Marc Lamont Hill):
The Algemeiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58428/linda-sarsour-preaches-hate-and-intolerance
JNS: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58430/watchdog-group-slams-one-sided-anti-israel-event
Daily Hampshire Gazette: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58426/supporters-some-protesters-attend-not-backing
Mass Live: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58412/pro-palestine-event-at-umass-draws-2000-attendees
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58411/not-backing-down-panel-draws-in-hundreds
Boston Herald: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58415/strife-muted-at-controversial-pro-palestinian
