Georgetown/ACMCU Fellow and Erdoğan Mouthpiece Ibrahim Kalin Defends Pastor Brunson Detention

How is Georgetown University connected to Turkey’s unjust detention of Pastor Andrew Brunson? Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding senior fellow and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan official mouthpiece İbrahim Kalin has responded to President Trump’s sanctions threat by warning the US to “reconsider its approach and adopt a constructive position before inflicting further damage to its own interests and its alliance with Turkey.”

Perhaps Georgetown should encourage Kalin and his autocratic boss to free the pastor instead, not to mention the countless professors and teachers imprisoned in Turkey. Never mind the matter of “Muslim-Christian understanding” . . .

Cinnamon Stillwell analyzes Middle East studies academia in West Coast colleges and universities for Campus Watch. A San Francisco Bay Area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, she is a columnist, blogger, and social media analyst. Ms. Stillwell, a former contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and has appeared as a guest on television and talk radio.
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