Middle East studies in the News

University Replaces Instructor Accused in Fatal 1980 Bombing [on Hassan Diab]

Inside Higher Ed
July 29, 2009

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/07/29/qt

http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/7874

Carleton University, in Ottawa, announced Tuesday that it has replaced a professor teaching an introductory sociology course who is facing extradition to France, where authorities have accused him of a role in a deadly 1980 bombing of a synagogue, The Canadian Press reported. News that Hassan Diab -- who maintains his innocence -- was teaching at Carleton became public Monday, leading to criticism of the university.

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