Moustafa Bayoumi
@BayoumiMoustafa
columnist @guardian, award-winning author @penguinrandom & @NYUpress, prof @BklynCollege411 Books: This Muslim American Life & How Does It Feel To Be a Problem
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https://www.moustafabayoumi.com 23-10-2011 18:05:17
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As a Columbia University alum, I am horrified to see the university’s violent and repressive crackdown on courageous students exercising their essential rights and freedoms.
I note the deafening silence of Institute for the Study of Human Rights & HumanRightsInstitute with particular dismay.
McCarthyite doesn’t capture the kind of backlash we’re experiencing. This is an attempt to crush legitimate protest against an unfolding genocide against Palestinians backed and funded by the United States. Solidarity with Dr. مُحَمَّد!
Suspending & arresting Columbia University/Barnard College student activists & disbanding student orgs — including Jewish students & orgs — doesn’t combat antisemitism or increase safety.
All it does is punish and intimidate those who believe in human rights for Palestinians. Shameful.