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Campus Watch Weekly Update

January 9, 2023

Campus Watch reports the following from January 3 - January 9:

Campus Watch Research

2022 Was a Bad Year for Academia and Especially for Middle East Studies (A.J. Caschetta): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63968/2022-was-a-bad-year-for-academia-and-especially

Islamists Enforce Blasphemy Laws at Hamline College, Suffer Blowback (Dexter Van Zile): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63975/islamists-enforce-blasphemy-laws-at-hamline

Middle East Studies in the News

The Canadian government funds a report by anti-Israel MESer Jasmine Zine about islamophobia: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63972/meet-jasmine-zine-whom-the-trudeau-and-company-is

Hamline U. prof Erika López Prater fired for showing medieval painting of Muhammad

New Lines Magazine: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63988/islam-and-the-case-against-cultural-amnesia

New Lines Magazine: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63984/an-academic-is-fired-over-a-medieval-painting

Volokh Conspiracy: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63986/hamline-student-newspaper-the-oracle-removed

Volokh Conspiracy: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63985/hamline-university-lecturer-is-fired-over

Inside Higher Ed: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63983/academic-freedom-vs-rights-of-muslim-students

OnlySky Media: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63980/art-history-professor-fired-for-using-ancient

Artnet News: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63979/a-minnesota-university-is-under-fire-for

Hyperallergic: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63977/minnesota-professor-reportedly-fired-for-showing

Star Tribune: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63982/banning-blasphemy-hamline-cancels-academic-freedom

New York Times: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63981/a-lecturer-showed-a-painting-of-the-prophet

Daily Mail: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63990/hamline-university-professor-is-fired-for-showing

Guardian: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63989/an-art-treasure-long-cherished-by-muslims-is

Religion News Service: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63987/an-image-of-the-prophet-muhammad-ignites

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