Iran Blames Terrorist Attack on ‘Jewish Theorist’ Bernard Lewis

Iran’s Fars News Agency is blaming an attack on a military parade in Ahvaz on none other than the late Princeton University historian Bernard Lewis. In a conspiracy theory bizarre and anti-Semitic even by Tehran’s standards, Fars reports that “Jewish theorist Bernard Lewis” is striking back at Iran from “beyond the grave.” Lewis allegedly came up with the plot, which was timed for “11 days after the 9/11 anniversary,” at a meeting of the “Bilderburg group in August in 1979,” the year of Iran’s Islamic revolution. Even in death, “Jewish theorist” Bernard Lewis controls all!

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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