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Campus Watch Weekly Update

October 12, 2021

Campus Watch reports the following from October 5 - October 12, 2021:

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Profs Denounce Abraham Accords in the Name of ‘Democracy,’ Part I (Andrew E. Harrod): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62699/profs-denounce-abraham-accords-in-the-name

Profs Denounce Abraham Accords in the Name of ‘Democracy,’ Part II (Andrew E. Harrod): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62700/profs-denounce-abraham-accords-in-the-name

UNC in Hot Water Again: Congressman Demands University End ‘Repeated Antisemitic Activity’ (Winfield Myers): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62714/unc-in-hot-water-again-congressman-demands

Tarnishing Academe to Legitimize Jihad: Prof Appears with Terrorist Supporters (A.J. Caschetta):
https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62717/tarnishing-academe-to-legitimize-jihad-prof

Middle East Studies in the News

How the Institute of Turkish Studies got caught in Erdogan’s crackdown on academic freedom: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62719/institute-of-turkish-studies-caught-in-turkey

Middle East Studies at U. of North Carolina and Duke U. spread more anti-Israel hatred: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62718/unc-and-duke-spread-more-anti-israel-hatred

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Lustick has a long history of anti-Israel scholarship and activism. Image: University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
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U. Penn’s Ian Lustick: Israel Is a ‘Rogue Regime’ with ‘No Right to Exist’
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Andrew E. Harrod
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Gregg Roman
On Friday, September 18, 2026, Michigan State University’s Muslim Studies Program marked its 20th anniversary at the MSU International Center. The honoree was Mohammed Ayoob, a distinguished professor emeritus of international relations and the program’s founding coordinator.
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Gregg Roman