Imam to Columbia Students: ‘Take Out’ Jewish Professor, Make Him ‘an Example’
“How do we create a situation in which [his professorship is] in jeopardy?”
Imam Tom Facchine, hosted by the Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, told students to target a Jewish professor and make him an example.
Shai Davidai, a Columbia Business School Jewish professor, exposed Facchine on Twitter. From The College Fix:
Davidai said the comments targeting him occurred during a public webinar titled “Islamic Political Activism” on Aug. 20 with Imam Tom Facchine. He posted a screenshot of a poster advertising the event on the Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine’s Instagram page.
According to the professor’s post, Facchine (pictured) mentioned Davidai by name during the event and told students to “create a situation” to get him “in trouble.” Davidai is Israeli and calls himself a Zionist on his X profile.
“How do we create a situation in which [his professorship is] in jeopardy?” Facchine said in the video.
“This is what the Zionists do,” the Muslim leader said, according to the video. “That might silence 100 other professors if you’re able to take out somebody like that and make them an example, that might shut up 100 more.”
As the new school year begins, Facchine told students to “think creatively about where we prioritize things, what’s the biggest threat here, what’s our biggest opportunity, which domino if we knock it over will knock 20 dominos over,” according to the video.
Facchine did not immediately respond to several messages Monday and Tuesday from The College Fix through his mosque and the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research where he is a research director. The Fix could not find phone numbers for either.
Students for 'Justice' in Palestine at @Columbia invited an imam who instructed them to target me and "create a situation" that gets me in trouble pic.twitter.com/NF6vhxZINh
— Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) August 24, 2024
Who is this imam, Tom Facchine, who's teaching @Columbia students how to engage in "Islamic Political Activism" (their words, not mine)? pic.twitter.com/cCBUa5XMeE
— Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) August 24, 2024
Tom Facchine preaches at a mosque in Utica, NY, and enjoys all the freedoms of American civilizations.
This doesn't stop him from preaching for Sharia law and stating that receiving "70 lashes" is merciful.
Should this be allowed near university students?
Is this what he… pic.twitter.com/00qlPBOg5y
— Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) August 24, 2024
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leftys calls for violence illustrated once again
but then again chickie scummer directly said to attack conservative scotus justices…so I guess its just selective enforcement time
orange man bad
I saw no calls for violence in this story? That ass clown was using “take out the professor” in the context of take him out of his job and is clear about it.
“Should this be allowed near university students”? In America, yes is should. Unless that idiot starts calling for violent acts, terrorism, assaults and murders then his speech is protected. Disagreeing with it is no reason to shut him up.
Even when he does call for all those things, his speech is still protected. “Mere advocacy” is always protected, regardless of what it is that’s being advocated. His speech only loses its protection if it becomes incitement, i.e. speech that is both subjectively intended and objectively likely to strip its hearers of their free will and cause them to immediately commit a crime, without stopping to think about it and make their own decisions.
and as soon as the violent left does something the mosque etc will say
hey we dont know this guy
we kicked him out months ago
they took us down on 9 11 and we rewarded them with immigration status
go fiigure
correction:
figure
Someone should just bulldoze Columbia–it’s not fit for education anymore and appears to be a training ground for terrorists
So then turn-about is fair play. Pro-Israel students can invite “guest speaker” for similar purpose? Does Columbia want to go down that road?
It was a virtual Zoom meeting so there really is nothing Columbia can do about it unless someone on the call advocated for illegality and I didn’t see any mention of that. The Islamist’s and student sycophant’s have become quite good at leaving no evidence of their violent intentions.
Even if they did advocate illegal acts, it would still be protected speech, and Columbia could still not do anything about it.
The left are such hypocrits
Just don’t hire them when they graduate and tell them why. Alums need to vote with their wallets. No dough for Columbia.
This is America. We lose more if we shut them down directly. Free speech must prevail. But indirectly? “You may fire when ready, Gridley.”