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Campus Watch Weekly Update

June 8, 2020

Campus Watch reports the following from May 31-June 8, 2020:

Campus Watch Research

‘Happy Birthday, Hamid Algar’ – Khomeini’s Favorite American Turns 80 (A.J. Caschetta): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/61073/hamid-algar-khomeinis-favorite-american

An American Intifada? (A.J. Caschetta): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/61063/an-american-intifada

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‘Happy Birthday, Hamid Algar’ – Khomeini’s Favorite American Turns 80 (highlights Caschetta’s essay): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/61074/happy-birthday-hamid-algar-khomeini-favorite

An American Intifada? (highlights Caschetta’s essay): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/61072/an-american-intifada

MLA and MESA Seek Financial Gain from America’s Strife (Winfield Myers): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/61055/mla-and-mesa-seek-financial-gain-from-america

AAUP Presents Awards to Terror Supporters (Winfield Myers): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/61056/aaup-falls-further-into-disrepute-as-it-names

Middle East Studies in the News

Developments in the rape case against Tariq Ramadan: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/61069/did-tariq-ramadan-lawyers-lack-ethics-weekend

CAIR represents Muslim student, sues prof Nicholas Damask for “Islamophobia":

The Arizona Republic: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/61067/report-scottsdale-community-college-didnt-fully

The Arizona Republic: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/61064/muslim-student-sues-scottsdale-community-college

On BDS and anti-Semitism on college campuses (incl. Ilana Feldman, Rabab Abdulhadi):

JNS: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/61066/the-need-to-boot-bds-off-college-campuses-incl

The College Fix: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/61068/examples-of-anti-semitism-on-campuses-abound

San Francisco State University University of California, Berkeley University of Michigan Middle East Studies Association (MESA) University of California, Los Angeles American Association of University Professors Rutgers University University of Southern California Islam in the Classroom Hatem Bazian Islamophobia Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) George Washington University Rabab Abdulhadi Noura Erakat Deepa Kumar Ilana Feldman
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