Middle East studies in the News

Standing Up to Threats [incl. Yale University Press, Jytte Klausen]

Inside Higher Ed
December 1, 2009

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/12/01/threats

http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/8750

Academics' commitment to free expression shouldn't be put on hold because of the threat of violence, according to a joint statement issued Monday by a coalition of academic and civil liberties groups. "The failure to stand up for free expression emboldens those who would attack and undermine it," says the statement. "It is time for colleges and universities in particular to exercise moral and intellectual leadership. It is incumbent on those responsible for the education of the next generation of leaders to stand up for certain basic principles: that the free exchange of ideas is essential to liberal democracy; that each person is entitled to hold and express his or her own views without fear of bodily harm; and that the suppression of ideas is a form of repression used by authoritarian regimes around the world to control and dehumanize their citizens and squelch opposition." To read the rest of this article, please click here.

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