Campus Watch reports the following from September 1-7, 2019:
Campus Watch Blog
Access Islam: K-12 ‘Islamist Indoctrination’ Backed by the DoE: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59297/access-islam-k-12-islamist-indoctrination-backed
SFSU Prof Rabab Abdulhadi Uses Hate Mail to Push ‘Pro-Palestine’ Victimhood Narrative: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59280/sfsu-prof-rabab-abdulhadi-uses-hate-mail-to-push
Middle East Studies in the News
Bar-Ilan U. prof William Kolbrener at Fathom Journal on “Israel Hatred and the Collapse of Liberal Education” (incl. Middle East studies): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59296/poisonous-pedagogy-israel-hatred-and-the-collapse
George Washington U’s Institute for Middle East Studies acquires the Middle East Studies Association of North America, which had been housed at the U. of Arizona: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59285/institute-for-middle-east-studies-seeks-to-raise
U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign launches the Illinois Global Institute, which will merge ten global studies units, incl. the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59326/ui-merging-10-global-studies-units-into-new
Oberlin College to offer introductory Arabic courses in the Fall (incl. Mahmoud Meslat, Basem Al-Raba, Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, Zeinab Abul-Magd): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59325/introductory-arabic-courses-offered-on-campus-in
Clarion Project report on “foreign influence ops on US universities (incl. Georgetown’s John Esposito): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59321/clarion-exclusive-report-foreign-influence-ops-on
Clarion Project on “Islamist indoctrination” in K-12 via the DoE-funded Access Islam program: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59288/back-to-school-islamist-indoctrination-for-us-kids
Duke University’s Abdullah Antepli is named to the NonProfit Times’ “Power & Influence Top 50": https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59300/abdullah-antepli-named-leading-innovator-in
Golden Gate Xpress on SFSU’s first female president, Lynn Mahoney (incl. Rabab Abdulhadi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59304/mahoney-first-woman-president-in-sf-state-history
On the AMCHA Initiative sending a follow-up letter signed by eighty organizations, incl. the Middle East Forum, to CSU re SFSU prof Rabab Abdulhadi using the AMED Facebook page to post pro-BDS, anti-Israel material:
AMCHA Initiative: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59284/zionism-racism-boycott-divest-sanction-welcoming
J: The Jewish News of Northern California: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59324/jewish-groups-allege-sfsu-professor-violating
JNS: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59303/groups-call-on-cal-state-to-act-against-professor
Jewish Press: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59299/80-groups-sfsu-prof-abdulhadi-still-using-school
Fousesquawk (blog of Gary Fouse): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59282/sfsu-continues-to-shield-rabab-abdulhadi
On U. of Michigan prof Juan Cole blaming Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for Hurricane Dorian:
Breitbart: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59287/history-professor-on-dorian-gov-desantis-inaction
Fousesquawk (blog of Gary Fouse): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59290/hurricane-juan-cole-hits-florida
Articles that include Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan:
Gatestone Institute (Giulio Meotti): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59289/european-dreams-vs-mass-migration-incl-tariq
Dawn (Pakistan): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59301/the-scholar-and-his-crimes-on-tariq-ramadan
Moonlighters
Dexter Van Zile on U. of Massachusetts failing to hold anti-Israel prof Sut Jhally accountable for “acts of deception in his research” (incl. Temple U’s Marc Lamont Hill): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59320/umass-protects-propagandist-from-scrutiny-incl
