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Campus Watch Weekly Update

April 18, 2023

Campus Watch reports the following from April 11 - April 18:

Middle East Studies in the News

SFSU investigates Iranian professor for showing image of Muhammad in a class on Islamic history:

Jonathan Turley: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64321/san-francisco-state-university-investigates

Daily Mail: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64323/iranian-history-professor-at-san-francisco-state

Front Page Mag: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64338/san-fran-state-investigates-iranian-islamic

College Fix: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64343/sfsu-doubles-down-on-investigation-of-professor

Canadian prof Hassan Diab on trial for his role in a 1980 Paris synagogue bombing:

JNS: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64322/prosecution-begins-of-hassan-diab-charged-with

Times of Israel: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64337/1980-paris-synagogue-bombing-first-islamic-attack

Moonlighting

Amer Zahr spreads misleading claims about a video that he says shows Jews spitting on Christians in Israel: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64341/does-video-of-spitting-jews-really-show-what

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