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Campus Watch Weekly Update

July 17, 2023

Campus Watch reports the following from Jun 20 - Jul 17:

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Georgetown’s John Esposito, Part 1: A Terrorist’s Best Friend (A.J. Caschetta): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64607/georgetown-john-esposito-part-1-a-terrorist-best

Georgetown’s John Esposito, Part 2: The Blame Israel Libel (A.J. Caschetta): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64611/georgetown-john-esposito-part-2-the-blame-israel

Middle East Studies in the News

Islamic scholar Yasir Qadhi criticizes left-wingers and says they are just as bad as the right: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64533/texas-islamic-scholar-dr-yasir-qadhi-the-left-is

Canadian MPs call for reform of extradition system in light of Prof Hassan Diab’s life sentence and arrest warrant in France: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64534/mps-call-for-reform-of-canada-extradition-system

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