Coddling Islamists at the State Department

In “Coddling Islamists: Prof Who Objected to Sharing Panel with IDF Veteran Gets $500k Grant to ‘Initiate Dialogue,’” I examine the latest news about University of Delaware political scientist Muqtedar Khan, who is also a Pentagon consultant and fellow at the Brookings Institution. Khan received considerable attention in October when he objected to appearing on an academic panel with Campus Watch associate fellow Asaf Romirowsky because Romirowsky is a veteran of the Israeli Defense Forces.

Khan can now add the State Department to his list of benefactors: yesterday UD announced that he had received a $494,368 grant from State to, of all things, “initiate dialogue.”

Read the whole story here.

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Winfield Myers

Winfield Myers is managing editor of the Middle East Forum and director of its Campus Watch project, which reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North American universities. He has taught world history and other topics at the University of Michigan, the University of Georgia, Tulane, and Xavier University of Louisiana. He was previously managing editor of The American Enterprise magazine and CEO of Democracy Project, Inc., which he co-founded. Mr. Myers has served as senior editor and communications director at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is principal author and editor of a college guide, Choosing the Right College (1998, 2001). He was educated at the University of Georgia, Tulane, and the University of Michigan.