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Campus Watch Weekly Update

June 28, 2021

Campus Watch reports the following from June 22 - June 28, 2021:

Campus Watch Research

Reza Aslan Pitches Seeker-Friendly Islam for Young Muslims (Andrew E. Harrod): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62462/reza-aslan-pitches-seeker-friendly-islam

When It Comes To Israel, Academia Agrees (A.J. Caschetta): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62461/when-it-comes-to-israel-academia-agrees

Middle East Studies in the News

Joseph Massad, Rabab Abdulhadi, Judith Butler and other MESers participate in conference sponsored by the Turkish government and hosted by convicted accessory to terrorism Sami Al-Arian:

JNS: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62465/american-professors-ngos-participate-in-muslim

IPT: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62459/american-scholars-feature-prominently-in-ex-pij

San Francisco State University Stanford University Harvard University University of California, Berkeley Columbia University Georgetown University Yale University City University of New York Middle East Studies Association (MESA) University of California, Los Angeles Princeton University University of Delaware Joseph Massad University of California, Riverside Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) George Washington University Vassar College Rabab Abdulhadi Reza Aslan University of Denver Nader Hashemi
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