Middle East studies in the News from 2004



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National Review on Mahmood Mamdani's review essay in Foreign Affairs December 31, 2004 - National Review Demand for Arabic Language Education Rises in United States by Najwa Saad, December 31, 2004 - Washington File (Michael) Moore Award (for moral equivalence in the war on terror) Winner Runner-up 2004 by Andrew Sullivan, December 30, 2004 - andrewsullivan.com The Suicide of Shahid Alam by Michael Young, December 30, 2004 - Reason A Frenchman Fries Middle East studies in the U.S. by Michael Young, December 29, 2004 - Reason Civil Liberties Official Defends Columbia Professors by Jacob Gershman, December 28, 2004 - New York Sun Telling It Lke It Is, There Is More To Be Explored In Columbia University's Middle East Studies Than Israel by Nat Hentoff, December 28, 2004 - Village Voice Politics is Death to American Mideast Studies by Giles Kepel, December 23, 2004 - Financial Times Hugh Fitzgerald on Tariq Ramadan by Hugh Fitzgerald, December 23, 2004 - Jihadwatch.org The Fish-in-a-Barrel Left by Catherine Seipp, December 23, 2004 - National Review Online Frère Tarik chez Tintin…ou le sacre d'un faux dévot… by Pascal Hubrecht, December 23, 2004 - Primo Europe Number of students studying Arabic falls short of need by Harry Levins, December 22, 2004 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch My Fight Against American Phantoms by Tariq Ramadan, December 21, 2004 - Los Angeles Times NYCLU Defends Academic Freedom At Columbia University by New York Civil Liberties Union, December 20, 2004 - NYCLU.org Muslim Academic Resigns from US University by Polly Curtis, December 17, 2004 - GuardianEducation.co.uk Whose Academic Freedom? by Nat Hentoff, December 17, 2004 - Village Voice Students Say Columbia U. Panel Biased by Jacob Gershman, December 16, 2004 - New York Sun Muslim Scholar Ends Fight for Visa by Manya A. Brachear, December 15, 2004 - Chicago Tribune Muslim Scholar Quits Post at U. of Notre Dame That U.S. Prevented Him From Taking by Aisha Labi, December 15, 2004 - Chronicle of Higher Education For the Record: My Exchange with Mark LeVine by Robert Spencer, December 15, 2004 - Jihadwatch.org Columbia's Latest December 15, 2004 - New York Sun Lacking Visa, Islamic Scholar Resigns Post at Notre Dame by Peter Slevin, December 15, 2004 - Washington Post Juan Cole is Pond Scum by Jeff Jarvis, December 14, 2004 - Buzzmachine.com At Columbia, Intimidation Probe Sparks a Debate Over Free Speech by Rachel Pomerance, December 14, 2004 - JTA Islamic Scholar Whose Visa Upheld to Give Up Notre Dame Post December 14, 2004 - Muslim American Society (MAS) Dear Mr. Spencer: About Those Things You Said About Me by Mark LeVine, December 13, 2004 - History News Network Mark LeVine Does Not Blame Only the West by Robert Spencer, December 13, 2004 - Jihadwatch.org Hugh Fitzgerald on Mark LeVine by Hugh Fitzgerald, December 13, 2004 - Jihadwatch.org Kommissar Cole by Tony Badran, December 12, 2004 - Across the Bay Why Is This Man Banned? by Mark LeVine, December 12, 2004 - Los Angeles Times Demand for Linguists Far Outweighs Supply by Harry Levins, December 12, 2004 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dream by Tony Badran, December 10, 2004 - Across the Bay Committee Addresses, Causes Conflict by Megan Greenwell, December 10, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Panel Decries Threats to Academic Freedom by Liz Fink, December 10, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Public Servant Profs Should be Valued, Not Scorned by Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky, December 10, 2004 - Daily Princetonian Doran One of Best in NES Department at Princeton by Sam Spector, December 10, 2004 - Daily Princetonian The Bollinger Committee December 10, 2004 - New York Sun Council Member Calls for Independent Investigation by Jacob Gershman, December 10, 2004 - New York Sun Defendant Tells of His Role in Edict Urging Killing of Jews by Julia Preston, December 10, 2004 - New York Times Committee To Address MEALAC Controversy by Liz Fink, December 9, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Less Than Reassuring Words at Columbia University by Ralph Seliger, December 9, 2004 - Forward Columbia Send Wrong Message by Richard Schwartz, December 9, 2004 - New York Daily News Columbia Taps Lawyer to Probe Anti-Semitism by Douglas Feiden, December 9, 2004 - New York Daily News 'Inadequate' Grievance Policies Cited by Jacob Gershman, December 9, 2004 - New York Sun Convening of Ad Hoc Faculty Committee by Lee C. Bollinger and Alan Brinkley, December 8, 2004 Students Speak Up to Defend MEALAC by Liz Fink, December 8, 2004 - Columbia Spectator NES Department Faces Warring Factions by Chanakya Sethi, December 8, 2004 - Daily Princetonian No Exceptions in Academe by Winfield Myers, December 8, 2004 - Democracy Project Harvard Seeks Mideast Specialists by Kevin J. Feeney, December 8, 2004 - Harvard Crimson Columbia to Review Anti-Semitism Charges by Uriel Heilman, December 8, 2004 - Jerusalem Post Abrams Is Tapped For Investigation At Columbia U. by Jacob Gershman, December 8, 2004 - New York Sun A New Free Speech Movement, Starting With Alumni by Ronald S. Lauder, December 8, 2004 - New York Sun Mark Levine: Noam Chomsky as Rock Star by Robert Spencer, December 7, 2004 - FrontPageMagazine.com 'Genocide' Big Word at London Anti-Israel Academic Conference by Atarah Haber, December 7, 2004 - Jerusalem Post MESA Lunacy Continues December 7, 2004 - Striding Lion Should this Man Come to the U.S.? by Jay Tolson, December 6, 2004 - US News & World Report Ramadan Refutes Allegations December 6, 2004 - US News & World Report Failure's Not an Option by Richard Schwartz, December 5, 2004 - New York Daily News Israel Boycott Row hits College, University Attacked for 'anti-Israel' Conference by Polly Curtis, December 4, 2004 - The Guardian Misfit at the Mosque by Yoav Stern, December 3, 2004 - Haaretz On the MESA conference in San Francisco by Hala Fattah, December 3, 2004 - History News Network At Columbia, the Ivory Tower is Under Siege by Kanishk Tharoor, December 3, 2004 - Yale Daily News Call for NELC Modernization is Shortsighted by Josh Goodman, December 3, 2004 - Yale Herald Columbia University bias affair heats up by Shira Schoenberg, December 2, 2004 - The Jewish Advocate Semites and anti-Semites, That is the Question by Joseph Massad, December 9-15, 2004 - Al-Ahram Five Questions for Joseph Massad by Robert "KC" Johnson, November 30, 2004 - History News Network Prosecutors Challenge Credibility of Translator by Julia Preston, November 30, 2004 - New York Times No Re-Cole-lection by Tony Badran, November 28, 2004 - Across the Bay Columbia Vows Swift Action on Anti-Israel Professors by Shlomo Shamir, November 26, 2004 - Haaretz Juan Cole Jogs My MEMRI by Martin Kramer, November 25, 2004 - MartinKramer.org Information: The Cure For "Poison Ivy" by Julia Kite, November 24, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Middle East Scholars Voice Concerns About U.S. by Josh Gerstein, November 24, 2004 - New York Sun Students rip Columbia 'Zionists' by Douglas Feiden, November 23, 2004 - New York Daily News Students to Protest Inquiry of Faculty by Jacob Gershman, November 23, 2004 - New York Sun Registration Unmoved By Unbecoming Film by Emily Baneman, November 22, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Professor Fearful of Attack by Jacob Gershman, November 22, 2004 - New York Sun It's Time to Bring Some Intellectual Diversity to America's Colleges and Universities November 22, 2004 - Wall Street Journal Mideast Views Hard to Discern by Shuan McElhenny, November 22, 2004 - Washington Square News Gullible MESAn Walked the "Arab Street." by Martin Kramer, November 21, 2004 - MartinKramer.org Climate of hate rocks Columbia University by Douglas Feiden, November 21, 2004 - New York Daily News Jewish Studies Classes Attract Diverse Group by Ethan Pack, November 19, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Meeting to address possible suspension of Islamic studies graduate program by Jennifer Mishory, November 19, 2004 - Daily Bruin Academic Freedom Must Be Preserved by Arthur Hertzberg, November 19, 2004 - Jewish Week Columbia Prepared to Protect Students from Anti-Israel Bias by Jacob Gershman, November 17, 2004 - New York Sun In Defense of The David Project by Charles Jacobs and Avi Goldwasser, November 16, 2004 - Columbia Spectator In the Name of Academic Freedom by Bari Weiss, November 16, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Harassment of Jewish Students on Campus on the Rise Since 9/11, U.S. Aide Asserts by Eli Lake, November 15, 2004 - New York Sun Scholarly Eye On Israel by Gabrielle Birkner, November 12, 2004 - Jewish Week Columbia Probe Eyed By Council by Jacob Gershman, November 12, 2004 - New York Sun The mirage of modern Middle East study at Yale by Ali Frick, November 12, 2004 - Yale Herald NYU reflects on Columbia bias probe by Barbara Leonard, November 11, 2004 - Washington Square News Bias in the classroom November 11, 2004 - Washington Square News Bollinger must fulfill his promise to investigate. November 8, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Classroom freedom is for teachers and students by Sheryl McCarthy, November 8, 2004 - Newsday Anti-Zionism rages at Columbia by Molly Schranz, November 5, 2004 - Chicago Maroon Columbia University Launches Probe Into Bias Claims by Eric J. Greenberg, November 5, 2004 - Forward Unnecessary verbal force: Columbia professor's anti-Israeli remarks cross line November 5, 2004 - Indiana Daily Student Pressure to dismiss Columbia U Prof Joseph Massad by Committee on Academic Freedom on the Middle East and North Africa, November 5, 2004 - Middle East Studies Association MEALAC Movie Premiers for 400 by Megan Greenwell, November 4, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Statement in Response to the Intimidation of Columbia University by Joseph Massad, November 4, 2004 - Columbia University Columbia's Anti-Semitism Problem November 4, 2004 - Harvard Crimson 'Witch-Hunt' Laid to 'Pro-Israel Groups' by Jacob Gershman, November 4, 2004 - New York Sun MEALAC Profs: It's Time to Talk by Sara Sebrow, November 3, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Rebutting a "Misguided Political Project" by George Saliba, November 3, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Committee Investigating Bias May Have Known About Intolerance by Jacob Gershman, November 2, 2004 - New York Sun Assembling Pieces of the Islam Puzzle by Elizabeth Mehren, November 1, 2004 - Los Angeles Times Intimidating Columbia University by Joseph Massad, November 4-10, 2004 - Al-Ahram Bernard Lewis Revisited by Michael Hirsh, November 2004 - Washington Monthly Columbia professor faces probe on anti-Israel remarks by Amiram Barkat, October 31, 2004 - Ha'aretz Columbia to check anti-Israel bias charge by Uriel Heilman, October 31, 2004 - Jerusalem Post CSID 2004 Community Iftaar Dinner and Program on the Image of Islam by Layla Sein, October 29, 2004 - Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy A Marketplace of Ideas? October 29, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Jewish Students Accuse Columbia University of Bias by Eric J. Greenberg, October 29, 2004 - Forward Columbia to investigate charges of anti-Jewish intimidation by Arab professors October 29, 2004 - Israel Insider Controversial Film Roils Columbia by Liel Leibovitz, October 29, 2004 - Jewish Week Bias Festered 'For Years,' Professor Says by Jacob Gershman, October 29, 2004 - New York Sun Columbia to Check Reports of Anti-Jewish Harassment by Sam Dillon, October 29, 2004 - New York Times University to Investigate Claims of Bias by Megan Greenwell, October 28, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Call Columbia a poisoned Ivy by Douglas Feiden, October 28, 2004 - New York Daily News Depths of bigotry at Columbia October 28, 2004 - New York Daily News Bollinger to Probe Bias on Campus by Jacob Gershman, October 28, 2004 - New York Sun U.S. Lawmaker Urges Columbia U. to Fire Critic of Israel by Jennifer Jacobson, October 27, 2004 - Chronicle of Higher Education Film Accuses MEALAC Professors of Anti-Semitism by Megan Greenwell, October 27, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Statement from Lee C. Bollinger on the David Project Film by Lee C. Bollinger, October 27, 2004 - Columbia University Anti-Israel Professor Is Defended by Jacob Gershman, October 26, 2004 - New York Sun Bollinger's Blindness October 22, 2004 - New York Sun Columbia Abuzz Over Underground Film by Jacob Gershman, October 20, 2004 - New York Sun Caroline Fourest on Tariq Ramadan by John Rosenthal, October 20, 2004 - Transatlantic Intelligencer Caroline Fourest on Tariq Ramadan: the Evidence by John Rosenthal, October 20, 2004 - Transatlantic Intelligencer New interest in Near-East spurs growth in Arabic classes by Halley Griffin, October 19, 2004 - Daily University of Washington Mayo builds on $25 million gift from sheikh by David Shaffer, October 19, 2004 - Star Tribune Arabic language enrollment surges at Tufts post-Sept. 11 by Taleen Babayan, October 19, 2004 - Tufts Daily Rhetoric & Reform by Rep. Peter Hoekstra, October 18, 2004 - National Review The Language Gap by Lee Smith, October 4, 2004 - Slate Colleges struggle to meet post-9/11 demand for Arabic language classes by Kelly Heyboer, October 3, 2004 - Star-Ledger Arab program raises cultural sensitivity by Oscar Abello, October 1, 2004 - Villanovan Duke Feminist Gives Thumbs Up To Taliban by Cinnamon Stillwell, September 27, 2004 - FrontPage Magazine Tariq Ramadan : American and European Scholars Respond September 23, 2004 Muslim scholar barred from US preaches tolerance by Jane Lampman, September 21, 2004 - Christian Science Monitor Taking Liberties by David Cole, September 17, 2004 - CBS News Groups Decry Muslim Scholar's Visa Denial by Associated Press, September 17, 2004 - New York Times Why the Tariq Ramadan Controversy Matters by Stephen Schwartz, September 16, 2004 - Tech Central Station A federal war on academic freedom September 14, 2004 - Daily Texan Fear and Learning by Mehammed Mack, September 13, 2004 - Daily Californian Funding provides new outlook by Slma Shelbayah, September 8, 2004 - GSU Signal Conspiracy Gains Traction by Eli Lake, September 8, 2004 - New York Sun A Blow to Academics by Louise Cainkar, September 8, 2004 - Washington Post Tariq Ramadan by Fouad Ajami, September 7, 2004 - Wall Street Journal A Visa Revoked September 7, 2004 - Washington Post Mole or savior? by Arnaud de Borchgrave, September 7, 2004 - Washington Times 40th Convention of the Islamic Society of North America [John Esposito recognized as the "Abu Taleb of Islam"] September 6, 2004 - American Muslim Perspective Bush administration should welcome Muslim scholar by Paul Donnelly, September 6, 2004 - Journal Gazette Der Doppelagent by Von Jörg Lau, September 6, 2004 - ZEIT University should judge scholar's teachings by Roger W. Bowen, General secretary, American Association of University Professors, September 5, 2004 - Chicago Tribune Why exclude a Muslim voice? by Diana L. Eck, September 4, 2004 - Boston Globe Ashcroft's Missteps Mount September 3, 2004 - Los Angeles Times Outrageous and groundless plea for Tariq Ramadan by Olivier Guitta, September 1, 2004 - American Thinker Too Scary for the Classroom? by Tariq Ramadan, September 1, 2004 - New York Times Muslim scholar could still reach the Notre Dame campus by Janelle Hall, September 1, 2004 - NewsCenter16 Tariq Ramadan by Tariq Ramadan, August 30, 2004 - Globe and Mail The Middle East Studies Association's letter in support of Tariq Ramadan August 30, 2004 - MESA Newsletter The Fighting Irish Lose an Islamist Professor, or Did They? by Lee Kaplan, August 29, 2004 - ChronWatch.com The Ban on a Muslim Scholar by Paul Donnelly, August 28, 2004 - Washington Post Columbia's Funder August 27, 2004 - New York Sun A Muslim scholar who had accepted a position at the University of Notre Dame had his visa revoked earlier this month at the request of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. by Scott Smallwood, August 25, 2004 - Associated Press US Criticized Over Denying Access To Key Muslim Scholar August 25, 2004 - IslamOnline.net Decision prohibits Muslim scholar from teaching at Notre Dame by Claire Heininger, August 25, 2004 - Observer U.S. revokes visa for Muslim scholar by Tom Coyne, August 24, 2004 - Associated Press Confused Islamic Apologetics by Andrew G. Bostom, August 10, 2004 - FrontPage Magazine The real Wahhab by John Kearney, August 8, 2004 - Boston Globe Beirut finds itself the new hot spot for learning Arabic by Hannah Wettig, August 5, 2004 - Daily Star (Lebanon) Language learning in fast forward by Josh Lustig, August 5, 2004 - Diamondback Online Columbia Takes What Harvard Shuns by Jacob Gershman, August 5, 2004 - New York Sun Harvard's Example August 3, 2004 - New York Sun Balance your syllabus, with a Kramer supplement. by Martin Kramer, Summer 2004 - MartinKramer.org The dissenting Muslim by Judd Handler, August 2004 - San Diego Jewish Journal Book on Islam in today's world wins distinguished prize for Ernst July 31, 2004 - Outer Banks Sentinel Harvard Returns Gift to Arab President by Stephen M. Marks, July 30, 2004 - Harvard Crimson Harvard Returns $2.5-Million Gift to Persian Gulf Leader After a Year's Criticism by Erin Strout, July 29, 2004 - Chronicle of Higher Education Controversial Islamic Scholar Coming to America by Eva Cahen, July 29, 2004 - CNSNews.com Campaign against Harvard gift ends in victory for Tennessee girl by Rachel Pomerance, July 29, 2004 - JTA 9/11: A Failure of Academia by Walid Phares, July 28, 2004 - FrontPage Magazine Harvard returns grant to UAE center by Melissa Radler, July 28, 2004 - Jerusalem Post Harvard to return gift from United Arab Emirates president by Associated Press, July 27, 2004 - Boston Herald Harvard Will Refund Sheik's $2.5 Million Gift by Alan Cooperman, July 27, 2004 - Washington Post The U.S. Government and CSID by Abd al Haqq, July 20, 2004 - Campus Watch.org The NY Times Slithers Through Its Own Muck by Richard Davis, July 16, 2004 - American Daily Academia gone awry by Michael Rubin, July 15, 2004 - Jerusalem Post Sharansky to students: Speak out by Jenny Hazan, July 12, 2004 - Jerusalem Post Arabic Language A Tough Assignment by Amy Argetsinger, July 3, 2004 - Washington Post Question Authority by Lee Smith, July 1, 2004 - Slate Government Attacks on Area Specialists Called Disservice to U.S. Middle East Policy by Leslie Evans, June 29, 2004 - UCLA International Institute Arabic is the word for a new career by Damien Henderson, June 28, 2004 - Herald The Catholic Theological Union And The Limits Of Understanding by William A. Mayer & Beila Rabinowitz, June 28, 2004 - PipeLineNews.org Progressive Kuwaiti Author On 'The Favor Western Orientalists Did Muslims' by Ahmad Al-Baghdadi, June 22, 2004 - MEMRI A progress report on the war on campus by Mitchell G. Bard, June 20, 2004 - Israel Insider Seminary Head Regrets Prof's Seemingly Anti-Semitic Remarks by Jim Brown, June 18, 2004 - AgapePress Fawaz Damra trial ends abruptly by Marilyn H. Karfeld, June 17, 2004 - Cleveland Jewish News A Critique of Bernard Lewis by Hugh Fitzgerald, June 17, 2004 - JihadWatch.org After Sputnik, It Was Russian; After 9/11, Should It Be Arabic? by Samuel G. Freedman, June 16, 2004 - New York Times Bin Laden cannot be named in Damra trial by John Caniglia, June 15, 2004 - Plain Dealer Turkish Prime Minister: Expression Of Islamic Terrorism Unacceptable June 13, 2004 - Anadolu Agency After Jewish outcry, scholar bows out of testifying for imam by Geneive Abdo and Laurie Cohen, June 13, 2004 - Chicago Tribune My Adventures in Arabic by Philip Anthony Tinari, June 11, 2004 - Chronicle of Higher Education Damra didn't promote violence, defense expert says at hearing by John Caniglia, June 8, 2004 - Plain Dealer Sullying the Ivory Towers by Glen Feder, June 2, 2004 - FrontPage Magazine Islamic study rises a level at DePaul by Geneive Abdo, June 1, 2004 - Chicago Tribune Columbia Plans A Professorship In Israel Studies by Jacob Gershman, June 1, 2004 - New York Sun Misreading 'The Arab Mind' by Emran Qureshi, May 30, 2004 - Boston Globe Imperial mementos by Joseph Massad, May 26, 2004 - Al-Ahram UC Lecturer's ‘Intifada' Comment Brings Death Threats by Jakob Schiller, May 25, 2004 - Berkeley Daily Planet Moderate Islam should not be ignored by Ilan Benjamin and Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, May 23, 2004 - Santa Cruz Sentinel University celebrity returns, promotes book by Isaac Wolf, May 21, 2004 - Chicago Maroon Faculty hold the key to improving Israel's image on campus by Rachel Pomerance, May 19, 2004 - JTA UTC first class on Islamic religion helps fill void in curriculum by Yolanda Putman, May 17, 2004 - Chattanooga Times Free Press An Advisory Board to Be Wary Of by Robert Scholes, May 14, 2004 - Chronicle of Higher Education Manhattanville Project by Lee C. Bollinger, May 14, 2004 - Columbia Alumni Listserv Free to Say What? by Paula Sutter Fichtner, May 13, 2004 - New York Sun Commotion on campus by Ben-Dror Yemini, May 7, 2004 - Maariv Q&A with Lee Bollinger May 7, 2004 - New York Daily News Columbia's test May 7, 2004 - New York Daily News Questions and Answers with Carl Ernst on the Bashrahil Prize for Outstanding Cultural Achievement in the Humanities awarded for Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World (UNC Press, 2003) May 7, 2004 - UNC Press Saudi halo over US academia by Sandhya Jain, May 4, 2004 - Pioneer Columbia: Weak Link in the War on Terror by Sean Grindlay, May 3, 2004 - campusreportonline.net De Genova Incident, Letter From House Spark Academic Freedom Committee by Kathy Gilsinan, May 3, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Look who's teaching Johnny about Islam by Paul Sperry, May 3, 2004 - WorldNetDaily.com What country is this again? by Carl Densing, May 2004 - California Patriot Rebalancing the Middle East by Ariel Beery, April 30, 2004 - Israel Insider JCU Opens Bediuzzaman Said Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies by Ali H. Aslan, April 30, 2004 - Zaman (Turkish daily newspaper) Traveler's Check by Michael Rubin, April 29, 2004 - New Republic The Left Hijacks Indian History by David Yeagley, April 28, 2004 - FrontPage Magazine An Ancient Attitude on the Near East by Hebah M. Ismail, April 27, 2004 - Harvard Crimson Anti-Soliman is not the same thing as anti-Islam by Abdelilah Bouasria, April 26, 2004 - Eagle (American University) Trying to Bridge A Great Divide by Nicholas Le Quesne, April 24, 2004 - Time Magazine Fund Helps Persecuted Scholars Reach Safe Havens by Nathaniel Popper, April 23, 2004 - Forward Tainted Money For Columbia by Ariel Beery and Rachel Fish, April 23, 2004 - Jewish Week Educators can take the mystery out of the Middle East by Ellen Mansoor Collier, April 22, 2004 - Daily Star (Lebanon) Soliman is a valuable chaplain by Tahir Jamil and Riazul Raquib, April 22, 2004 - Eagle (American University) Le Double Jeu de L'Arabie Saoudite by Isabelle Tahar Miller, April 22, 2004 - Harissa.com Students' exposure to Islam varies by Martha Woodall, April 22, 2004 - Philadelphia Inquirer Donation boosts Islamic studies by Andrew Gay, April 22, 2004 - Stanford Daily Title VI: A Majority for Defunding by Martin Kramer, April 21, 2004 - MartinKramer.org 'Outlandish' passage cut after natives complain by Adrian Humphreys, April 20, 2004 - National Post Casting Mideast Violence in Another Light by Chris Hedges, April 20, 2004 - New York Times Hatem Bazian - Personal Story by The O'Reilly Factor, April 19, 2004 - Fox News Network Textbook on Arabs removes blunder by George Archibald, April 16, 2004 - Washington Times Action Alert: Defend Free Speech Stop the Attacks on Dr. Hatem Bazian! April 15, 2004 - A.N.S.W.E.R. Chaplain: no ties to anti-Semitic books by David Hodges, April 15, 2004 - Eagle (American University) American Intifada by Alan D. Miller, April 15, 2004 - Zionist.org Enforcing Accountability by Jamie Weinstein, April 12, 2004 - Cornell Review Spencer Makes the Enemies' List at Colgate University [on Robert Spencer and Omid Safi] by Robert Spencer, April 11, 2004 - Dhimmi Watch Boycotting Israel at NYU by Zachary Lockman, April 9, 2004 - New York Sun Boycotting Israel at NYU by David Mclaughlin, April 9, 2004 - New York Sun Prof. Fired Over Pro-Israel Views April 8, 2004 - Arutz 7 The Gray Lady Whitewashes Black Muslims by Richard Carlson, April 8, 2004 - FrontPage Magazine Sultan of Oman professorship chair opened at Harvard varsity April 8, 2004 - Times of Oman Cal State seeks to offer Islamic center by Marisa Agha, April 7, 2004 - Inland Southern California The Saudi Fifth Column On Our Nation's Campuses by Lee Kaplan, April 5, 2004 - FrontPage Magazine The battle on America's campuses by Nathan Guttman, April 4, 2004 - Ha'aretz Professor Lockman and NYU Provost respond to "Boycotting Israel at NYU?" April 2, 2004 - E-mail Letter and Responses Boycott Exposure by Stanley Kurtz, April 1, 2004 - National Review Boycotting Israel at NYU? by Martin Kramer, March 31, 2004 - MartinKramer.org Columbia Lists Said Donors by Jacob Gershman, March 29, 2004 - New York Sun College snags Fulbright prof to help start Mideast minor by Linda Lutton, March 28, 2004 - Daily Southtown Big Brother Lurks in Higher Education Bill by J. Shawn Landres, March 26, 2004 - Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles Middle East Studies in an election year by Leonard Binder, March 22, 2004 - MESA Listserv Academic reflects on US foreign policy by Christian Henderson, March 19, 2004 - Daily Star (Lebanon) Textbooks for Jihad by Lee Kaplan, March 19, 2004 - FrontPage Magazine Terrorism 101 by Carrie Schwantner, March 18, 2004 - University Press (Florida Atlantic University) Title VI: Turn on the Defogger by Martin Kramer, March 17, 2004 - MartinKramer.org UCLA Middle East Profs question Israeli Spokesman by Norm Abrams, James L. Gelvin, Michael D. Cooperson, Ambassador Alan Baker, March 17, 2004 - UCLA Faculty Warping Middle East Judgments (continued) by Steven Heydemann, March 16, 2004 - H-Mideast-Politics Columbia University Delegation Tours Eastern Province by Aramco ExPats' Staff, March 15, 2004 - AramcoExPats Warping Mideast judgments by Steven Heydemann, March 14, 2004 - Chicago Tribune Defining 'Jihad' More Complex Than Checking Webster's by Jerry Markon, March 14, 2004 - Washington Post IU's Biased Prof Steps Aside by Steve Hinnefeld, March 12, 2004 - Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) The Urgent Need to Study Islamic Anti-Semitism by Neil J. Kressel, March 12, 2004 - Chronicle of Higher Education Groups Back Bill To Monitor Universities by Ori Nir, March 12, 2004 - Forward Speaking in 'approved' tongues by Kimberly Chase, March 11, 2004 - Christian Science Monitor Bernard Lewis and MESA's Shame by Martin Kramer, March 9, 2004 - MartinKramer.org Oversight bill dismays UW international studies unit by Sharon Pian Chan, March 8, 2004 - Seattle Times A Big Brother Plan to Monitor Middle East Studies by Juan Cole, March 8, 2004 - History News Network The Politics of Academics by Ben-Dror Yemini, March 7, 2004 - Maariv More Attempted Intimidation Charged in Prof. Gil-White Firing Case March 5, 2004 - Arutz 7 Title VI and the Academy: Academic Bias and Federal Funding for Area Studies March 5, 2004 - Center for International Studies at the University of Chicago Demonstrators protest U.S. policy domestically and abroad by Anthony Ha, March 5, 2004 - Stanford Daily Said Remembered as Scholar, Role Model by Josh Hudelson, March 4, 2004 - Columbia Spectator 'Israel Studies' Debut on U.S. Campuses March 3, 2004 - Arutz 7 H.R. 3077: The Education of Alan Dershowitz by Martin Kramer, March 2, 2004 - MartinKramer.org The Gentle Jihadist by Lee Smith, March 1, 2004 - American Prospect Since 9/11, a scholar of Islam finds himself in demand -- for the wrong reasons by Qamar-ul Huda, February 29, 2004 - Los Angeles Times A push for Arabic classes by Mary MacDonald, February 26, 2004 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution As more Westerners learn Arabic, Syria is increasingly becoming country of choice by Brooke Anderson, February 25, 2004 - Daily Star (Lebanon) Legislation aims to reduce bias in international studies classes by Chris Nguyen, February 25, 2004 - Stanford Daily CUNY Faculty Senate opposes HR 3077 February 25, 2004 - University Faculty Senate (UFS) of CUNY Rome and Jerusalem revisited by Joseph Massad, February 24, 2004 - Al-Ahram U. Penn Ass´t Prof. May Lose Job for Pro-Israel Views February 24, 2004 - Arutz 7 Defending war threatens free speech by Naureen Shah, February 20, 2004 - Daily Targum Florida Atlantic Terror University by Joe Kaufman, February 19, 2004 - FrontPage Magazine Higher Education Act Stresses Importance of Area Studies by Anjali Dayal, February 18, 2004 - Columbia Spectator Rise of Arabic in US speaks volumes for war on terror by Betty Liu, February 17, 2004 - Financial Times Academic Freedom Prevails, Panel Says by Teresa Watanabe, February 17, 2004 - Los Angeles Times USA Today, Duped by Michigan Profs! by Martin Kramer, February 17, 2004 - MartinKramer.org Panel, demonstrations strike nerve by Tim Michaels, February 13, 2004 - Chicago Maroon Ramadan au cœur de l'Église February 13, 2004 - Valeurs Actuelles CU Professors Mull the Future of Iraq Government by Matthew Carhart, February 12, 2004 - Columbia Spectator How Not to Promote Israel Studies by Martin Kramer, February 12, 2004 - MartinKramer.org U.S. University Trying to Shut Down Pro-Israel Prof? February 8, 2004 - Arutz 7 Events explore Middle East controversy by Tim Michaels, February 6, 2004 - Chicago Maroon The Clash Over Middle East Studies by Jennifer Jacobson, February 6, 2004 - Chronicle of Higher Education The Origins of Occidentalism by Ian Buruma, February 6, 2004 - Chronicle of Higher Education Est-il permis de parler de l'islam à l'école ? , par by Louis Chagnon, February 6, 2004 - Le Figaro Washington conferences focus on deteriorating US-Saudi relations by George S. Hishmeh, February 5, 2004 - Daily Star (Lebanon) Israeli-Palestinian dialogue attracts experts from Mid-East by Michael Kan and Marie Handfield, February 5, 2004 - Michigan Daily U.S. government attacks academic freedom with Title VI requirements by Tonya Maus, February 3, 2004 - Chicago Maroon Columbia U's Newest Anti-Zionist by Jacob Gershman, February 3, 2004 - New York Sun President's Letter by Laurie Brand, February 2004 - Middle East Studies Association An Urgent Need for Israel Studies by Michael C. Kotzin, January 30, 2004 - Forward New Phase In Voucher Debate by James D. Besser, January 30, 2004 - Jewish Week Librarians Against Israel: The Outrage Continues by George Baker, January 29, 2004 - Jewish Press Tariq Ramadan nommé professeur dans une université catholique américaine January 28, 2004 - AFP Professor depicts culture, environment of Islamic women by Emilie Bramlett, January 27, 2004 - Daily Mississippian Indoctrination at Indiana U by Lee Kaplan, January 27, 2004 - FrontPage Magazine In the Arab Spin Room by Walid Phares, January 26, 2004 - National Review Memorandum in Support of The International Studies in Education Act (H.R.3077) January 20, 2004 - American Jewish Committee An Islamic Scholar With the Dual Role of Activist by Felicia R. Lee, January 17, 2004 - New York Times Iraq-bound units get language crash course by David Hasemyer, January 17, 2004 - San Diego Union-Tribune Learning the Language by Kenneth D. Whitehead, January 14, 2004 - National Review Our Israel-bashing libraries by George Baker, January 11, 2004 - Israel Insider Univ. Library Website 'Anti-Israel,' Says Duke Student Group by Jim Brown, January 9, 2004 - AgapePress Peace Professor Singled Out Jews of France by Eli Lake, January 7, 2004 - New York Sun Dr. Rashid and Mr. Khalidi by Martin Kramer, January 5, 2004 - MartinKramer.org Culture War, Round 3077 by Todd Gitlin, January 2004 - American Prospect How Academia Failed the Nation: The Decline of Regional Studies by Francis Fukuyama, Winter 2004 - Saisphere
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