ISTANBUL (AA) – Legal analysts argue that President Donald Trump’s executive order on combating antisemitism is unlawful. Hatem Bazian, a professor at the University of California’s Ethnic Studies Department, and Robert McCaw, national government affairs director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), spoke about the potent...
A federal judge has allowed free-Palestine student activists at UC Berkeley to join a lawsuit alleging antisemitism against the university. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed the lawsuit in late 2023, claiming UC Berkeley failed to address antisemitic incidents and protests that called for Israeli divestment. The uni...
The US government pressured University of Michigan President Santa Ono to focus on combating antisemitism over Islamophobia, a leaked audio reveals. Released by the Tahrir Coalition, a group advocating for Palestinian liberation, the recording suggests the university could lose $2 billion in federal funding if it does not comply. Ono said, “Th...
Washington, United States — AFP The United States offered rare criticism of close partner India in a report on religious freedom published recently, while also voicing alarm over rising bigotry worldwide against both Muslims and Jews. Secretary of State Antony Blinken unveiled the annual report and said that the United States was also fa...
ANKARA (AA) – Amid a controversy over Harvard University President Claudine Gay’s defense of free expression during anti-Israel protests, certain campus faculty members have demanded that some board members resign for supporting her. Criticism against President Gay has escalated due to her characterization of anti-Israel protests on camp...
