Campus Watch reports the following from November 1- 9, 2019:
Campus Watch Research
Will Bias Land Sarah Ihmoud a Job at Boston University? (David Gerstman): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59886/will-bias-land-ihmoud-a-job-at-bu
Muqtedar Khan Spins Islamism as Liberal Reform (Andrew E. Harrod): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59830/muqtedar-khan-spins-islamism-as-liberal-reform
Campus Watch Blog
Will Bias Land Sarah Ihmoud a Job at Boston University? (highlights Gerstman’s article): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59887/will-bias-land-sarah-ihmoud-a-job-at-boston
Craig Considine to Appear with Hate Preacher Siraj Wahhaj: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59853/craig-considine-to-appear-with-hate-preacher
UW-Madison Prof Samuel England Dissects ‘Arab Zombie Arts': https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59854/u-of-wisconsin-prof-samuel-england-dissects-arab
Boston U. About to Hire Sarah Ihmoud, Who Accuses Israel of ‘Systematic Massacres’ and Rape: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59837/boston-u-about-to-hire-sarah-ihmoud-who-accuses
Muqtedar Khan Spins Islamism as Liberal Reform (highlights Harrod’a article): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59831/muqtedar-khan-spins-islamism-as-liberal-reform
Middle East Studies in the News
Alleged Trump impeachment whistleblower Eric Ciaramella was an acolyte of radical Yale (now at Claremont McKenna College) prof Bassam Frangieh: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59871/the-radicalizing-of-eric-ciaramella-incl-bassam
Interview with U. of Oklahoma prof Joshua Landis on Trump’s Syria policy: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59865/q-a-syria-the-us-and-the-incoherence-of-donald
Counterterror experts on the death of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi and what comes next (incl. Georgia State U. prof Mia Bloom): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59840/experts-counterterror-strategies-must-go-beyond
U. of Denver prof Micheline Ishay on her new book, The Levant Express: The Arab Uprisings, Human Rights, and the Future of the Middle East: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59879/the-levant-express-imagines-a-brighter-future-for
Interview with new San Francisco State U. President Lynn Mahoney (incl. SFSU prof Rabab Abdulhadi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59869/new-sfsu-president-takes-measured-view-of-israel
Adam Milstein on SJP and campus anti-Semitism (incl. UC Berkeley’s Hatem Bazian): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59850/pro-palestinian-student-group-promotes-anti
Clark U. prof Taner Akçam honored by the Knights and Daughters of Vartan Times Square Armenian Genocide Commemoration Committee: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59878/akcam-honored-by-knights-and-daughters-of-vartan
Catholic U. of America (WA) conference on the 13th century encounter between St. Francis of Assisi and Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil (incl. St. Bonaventure U’s Michael Calabria, Catholic U. of America’s Lev Weitz): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59872/13th-century-encounter-points-way-to-greater
AP on the need for religious scholars due to the “growth of Islam” in the US (incl. Zaytuna College): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59845/us-growth-of-islam-creates-need-for-religious
Free Malaysia Today on PKR president Anwar Ibrahim’s proposal to give zakat (charity) to non-Muslims (incl. U. of Notre Dame’s Ebrahim Moosa): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59847/us-islamic-expert-hopes-to-meet-selangor-ruler
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada claims it didn’t know it was funding Wilfrid Laurier U. prof Jasmin Zine’s controversial “Canadian Muslim Voters Guide” (10/31): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59881/controversial-muslim-voting-guide-not-sanctioned
On Boston University’s “imminent” hire of rabidly anti-Israel postdoctoral associate Sarah Ihmoud:
Americans for Peace and Tolerance (initial action alert): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59866/boston-university-set-to-hire-blatantly-anti
Americans for Peace and Tolerance (follow-up): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59861/boston-university-anti-semitism-scandal-heats-up
JNS (11/7): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59859/boston-university-considering-hiring-professor
JNS (11/8 w/new info): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59876/one-bu-department-rejects-anti-israel-post-doc
Arutz Sheva (Israel National News): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59835/boston-university-set-to-hire-anti-israel
World Israel News: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59836/boston-university-on-verge-of-hiring-rabid-anti
Elder of Ziyon: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59860/one-way-antisemitic-slander-makes-it-into
The Jerusalem Post: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59875/boston-university-considering-hiring-anti-israel
On Democratic Reps. Andy Levin and Susan Davis sending a critical letter to the Dept. of Education requesting documentation on its investigation into the Duke-UNC Middle East Studies Consortium:
The Duke Chronicle (incl. Middle East Studies Association): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59877/house-democrats-question-the-education-dept
Michigan Advance: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59844/levin-calls-duke-unc-investigation-over-islamic
Inside Higher Ed (incl. Middle East Studies Association): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59867/house-democrats-question-duke-unc-inquiry-incl
On of one of Tariq Ramadan alleged rape victims, a disabled woman known by the pseudonym Christelle, accusing him of trying to “destroy her life” with his book and a wider smear campaign:
The National (UAE): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59873/tariq-ramadan-accused-of-smear-campaign-against
Daily Mail (UK): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59874/disabled-woman-who-claims-she-was-raped-by-an-ex
On Rutgers prof Golbarg Bashi’s “P Is for Palestine” reading at New Jersey’s Highland Park Library, and her response:
Israellycool Blog: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59846/p-is-for-palestine-author-golbarg-bashi-lets-her
Elder of Ziyon (10/31): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59839/a-5th-grader-taught-p-is-for-palestine-author
Moonlighters
An organizer of the controversial Norman Finkelstein panel at Princeton objects to a critical op-ed: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59862/a-response-to-the-absence-of-allies-incl-norman
Articles on UMass holding a follow-up anti-Israel, pro-BDS event that reference the previous one, which included Temple U. prof Marc Lamont Hill:
AMCHA Initiative (press release on 84 organizations, incl. MEF, signing its letter to UMass objecting to university sponsorship): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59843/84-orgs-to-umass-are-umass-faculty-permitted-to
The Algemeiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59848/jewish-pro-israel-groups-raise-alarm-over
JNS: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59863/umass-academic-department-that-sponsored-anti
The Jewish Press: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59864/84-groups-challenge-umass-lending-its-name-to
