June 28, 2014

U. Of Calgary Jewish Professor Intimidated By Terrorist Supporters


[From article]
A former professor at the University of Calgary says he left his tenured position after colleagues refused to respond to his concerns with students spreading radical Muslim views.
Aaron Hughes, a prolific author on religion who holds a PhD on Islamic studies, said he once found a message scrawled in Arabic across his classroom’s chalkboard endorsing Islamic Jihad and Hamas, widely considered a terrorist group by western countries.
Hughes, who is Jewish, said he interpreted the message as anti-Semitic, but he said the university declined to remove the offending student from his class.
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“Ultimately, the reason I left the University of Calgary is because my colleagues gave me no support.”
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Students+extremist+views+pushed+professor/9974866/story.html

Students' extremist views pushed professor out of U of C
BY REID SOUTHWICK
CALGARY HERALD
JUNE 25, 2014



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