Campus Watch reports the following from June 28 - July 7, 2019:
Campus Watch Research
In Death, Morsi Becomes Mossadeq (A.J. Caschetta): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58866/in-death-morsi-becomes-mossadeq
Campus Watch Blog
In Death, Morsi Becomes Mossadeq (highlights A.J.'s essay): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58869/in-death-morsi-becomes-mossadeq
UC Riverside’s Reza Aslan Calls Bret Stephens a ‘White Nationalist’ on Twitter: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58867/uc-riverside-reza-aslan-calls-bret-stephens
Bay Area Community College Lecturer Claims Mohamed Morsi was Murdered by ‘Zionist Agents . . . Working for Satan': https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58847/bay-area-community-college-lecturer-claims
Middle East Studies in the News
Iran expert Mehrzad Boroujerdi, formerly of Syracuse U., appointed director of Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58881/mehrzad-boroujerdi-named-director-of-virginia
Morocco World News examines the rape allegations against Tariq Ramadan: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58876/unveiling-the-truth-behind-tariq-ramadan-rape
Kashmir Monitor gives U. of Michigan prof Juan Cole’s Muhammad hagiography a glowing review: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58887/contextualising-the-dawn-of-islam-on-juan-cole
Columbia U prof Joseph Massad a speaker at the UK’s PalExpo: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58891/unmaking-71-years-of-israel-wont-advance
Legal Insurrection (Samantha Mandeles) investigation into anti-Israel groups’ plans to disrupt the Christians United for Israel Annual summit (incl. UC Berkeley’s Hatem Bazian): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58850/investigation-anti-israel-groups-plan-disruption
Clarion Project on Bay Area community college lecturer Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Sidiqqi’s sermon claiming Mohamed Morsi was murdered by “Zionists agents": https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58873/san-francisco-imam-zionist-agents-working-for
Alex Joffe’s SPME “BDS Monitor” includes K-12 infiltration: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58858/faculty-defend-antisemitic-statements-as
School district refuses the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund’s records request involving Islamic proselytizing at New Jersey’s Memorial High School: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58877/new-jersey-school-district-refuses-to-release
Arabic immersion school to open in Brookfield (WI), making it the second in the US: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58859/arabic-immersion-school-to-open-in-brookfield
On Harvard Extension School ending its agreement with the Saudi Crown Prince’s foundation to allocate seats to its affiliates (while maintaining Islamic studies endowments):
Harvard Crimson: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58879/harvard-extension-school-ends-agreement-with
Anadolu Agency (Turkey): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58892/us-university-cuts-seats-of-students-in-saudi
On UC Davis prof Baki Tezcan being arrested (now released in Istanbul with trial set for July 18) in Turkey for signing 2016 “Academics for Peace” petition accusing the Turkish army of massacring Kurds:
The Sacramento Bee (incl. St. Lawrence U’s Howard Eissesnstat, Stanford’s Halil Yenigun, NYU’s Asli Igsiz): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58875/uc-davis-professor-faces-trial-in-turkey-as
Inside Higher Ed: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58851/peace-petition-signatories-face-continued
On a new Iranian state TV program that portrays Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers as James Bond-style secret agents (incl. U of Tennessee at Chattanooga prof Saied Golkar, Johns Hopkins U’s Narges Bajoghli):
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58893/iranian-james-bonds-new-tv-series-tries-to
Jerusalem Post: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58888/new-iranian-tv-show-attempts-to-cast-irgc-in-new
Moonlighters
British anti-Israel activist Simone Burns, who coauthored an infamous UN report with Richard Falk, is found dead: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58878/anti-israel-activist-jailed-for-racist-rant-about
On UC Riverside’s Reza Aslan tweeting that Bret Stephens a “white nationalist” for a NYT column questioning Democratic presidential candidates’ extreme views on illegal immigration:
New York Times (Bret Stephen responds): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58880/robespierre-america-incl-reza-aslan
American Greatness: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58861/the-left-political-hit-squads-prep-for-2020-incl
Washington Examiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58860/nothing-is-more-indicative-of-the-democrats
On the controversy surrounding the UK’s Labour Party hiring a head of membership who shared a Norman Finkelstein video bashing the Jewish community:
The Jewish Chronicle (UK): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58889/labour-condemned-for-hiring-head-of-membership
The Sun (UK): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58890/jez-mess-jeremy-corbyn-urged-to-suspend-another
