Campus Watch reports the following from March 29-April 5, 2019:
Campus Watch Research
Harry Onickel on Wayne State U. prof Saeed Khan falsifying US history to advance Islamism: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58125/wayne-state-prof-peddles-fake-islamic-history
Andrew Harrod on Georgetown’s ACMCU hosting Muslim Brotherhood researcher Mohamed-Ali Adraoui: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58121/georgetown-alwaleed-center-drops-pro-islamist
Blog
Wayne State Prof Peddles Fake Islamic History: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58133/wayne-state-prof-peddles-fake-islamic-history
Georgetown’s Alwaleed Center Drops Pro-Islamist Bias to Host Muslim Brotherhood Critic: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58122/georgetown-alwaleed-center-drops-pro-islamist
Did Columbia University Cancel Turkey Panel Due to Pressure from Erdoğan?: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58120/did-columbia-university-cancel-turkey-panel-due
‘Role Model’ Ingrid Mattson Blames Islamic Misogyny on Colonialism, Christianity, and America: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58104/role-model-ingrid-mattson-blames-islamic-misogyny
Middle East Studies in the News
IHE on whether Columbia U. canceled a Turkey conference due to pressure from the regime (incl. Steven Cook, Sinan Ciddi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58119/at-columbia-questions-over-canceled-panel-incl
IPT on a revised complaint that bolsters American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)'s ties to old Hamas-support network (incl. UC Berkeley’s Hatem Bazian): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58134/revised-complaint-bolsters-amp-ties-to-old-hamas
On CAIR’s defeat in the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund lawsuit (partially funded by MEF) to end its “anti-Islamophobia initiative” in San Diego schools: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58147/teaching-muslim-values-in-public-schools-rejected
On CA State U’s settlement, incl. a pledge to protect Zionist views, with Jewish students who sued for discrimination (incl. Rabab Abdulhadi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58114/csu-to-protect-zionist-views-after-settlement
On concern among Jewish students at Harvard U. about “Israeli Apartheid Week” (incl. Marc Lamont Hill, Rabab Abdulhadi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58115/jewish-students-at-harvard-university-voice
Letter to the editor of the Daily Tar Heel (U. of N. Carolina) on the biased “Conflict over Gaza” conference: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58118/all-views-needed-in-israel-palestine-conflict
U. of Southern CA puff piece on prof and MESA Committee on Academic Freedom Chair Laurie Brand: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58106/usc-dornsife-professor-blends-academe
On new “role models” for Muslim women (incl. Ingrid Mattson, Amina Wadud): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58102/how-new-role-models-are-inspiring-young-muslim
PolitiFact corrects Facebook meme on Tariq Ramadan and jihad: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58101/post-twists-muslim-professor-comments-about-jihad
Brandeis U. prof Jytte Klausen on the relationship between ISIS, and other jihadist groups, and European criminal gangs: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58116/isis-and-the-rise-of-gangster-jihadism-on-jytte
On U. of Arizona’s online course to educate Afghan students on illicit trafficking and protecting cultural artifacts: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58146/afghan-students-learn-to-combat-illicit
Memphis honors Martin Luther King Jr. on the fifty-first anniversary of his death (incl. UNC’s Omid Safi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58135/memphis-honors-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-51-years
Oberlin College students petition to restore the Arabic language program: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58145/oberlin-college-students-petition-to-restore
Bowdein College faculty approve minors in Arabic and Middle East and North African studies: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58136/faculty-approve-minors-in-arabic-and-middle-east
On the backlash against U. of Arkansas/U. of Detroit-Mercy prof Khaled Beydoun’s online competition to “win a free trip to New Zealand” to meet Christchurch massacre victims:
Yahoo News Australia: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58140/disturbing-competition-to-meet-christchurch
New Zealand Herald: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58139/muslims-of-the-world-competition-to-win-free-trip
Daily Mail Australia: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58141/muslim-group-promotes-new-zealand-trip-to-meet
The National (UAE): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58138/insensitive-and-disturbing-backlash
On the revelations in a new book re Qatari funding for Muslim Brotherhood organizations throughout Europe and for former Oxford prof Tariq Ramadan:
Investigative Project on Terrorism: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58126/leaked-docs-show-qatari-charity-funds-mb-tariq
The National (UAE): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58130/qatar-spent-huge-sums-on-muslim-brotherhood
Swiss Info: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58128/qatar-said-to-be-leading-funder-of-mosques-in
On Columbia U. prof Hamid Dabashi’s latest ravings, including equating Israel with ISIS:
Jewish Journal: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58117/columbia-prof-says-zionists-are-beneficiaries
And: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58144/columbia-university-professor-compares-israel-to
Fox News: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58142/student-group-decries-columbia-prof-disturbing
JTA: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58143/columbia-u-professor-says-israel-is-almost
Jihad Watch (Dabashi blames the Christchurch massacre on Bill Maher): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58112/columbia-university-professor-hamid-dabashi
Moonlighters
On Harvard’s Undergraduate Council voting to fund “Israeli Apartheid Week” (incl. Marc Lamont Hill, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58137/harvard-students-vote-to-send-student-money-to
On Norman Finkelstein’s books showing up among the anti-Semitic offerings at various events:
Jerusalem Post on the Saudi Book Fair: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58100/jewish-rights-group-decries-sale-of-nazi-books
Newsweek on a Polish nationalist march in NYC: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58099/nationalist-protesters-take-over-new-york-square
On Finkelstein’s recent talk at the U. of Toronto:
Fousesquawk (blog of Gary Fouse): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58103/norman-finkelstein-sighting-in-canada
The Canadian Jewish News: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58113/blaff-stoking-the-fires-of-anti-semitism-incl
