Amer Zahr: Pointing Out Palestinian Incitement is ‘Islamophobia’

At the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) annual convention earlier this month, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law adjunct professor Amer Zahr dismissed claims by the “pro-Israel lobby” that “Palestinians teach their children to hate” or “send themselves out to kill people” as “a form of Islamophobia.” Zahr, who is apparently ignorant of the indoctrination to hatred and violence that occurs in Palestinian society from childhood on up, claimed last year that “terrorism” is an “ethnic slur” used exclusively against Muslims.

Cinnamon Stillwell analyzes Middle East studies academia in West Coast colleges and universities for Campus Watch. A San Francisco Bay Area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, she is a columnist, blogger, and social media analyst. Ms. Stillwell, a former contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and has appeared as a guest on television and talk radio.
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