CAIR Accuses Indiana U. of Being a ‘Hostile Campus’ for Allegedly Targeting ‘Anti-Genocide’ Students
It’s probably safe to assume that ‘anti-genocide’ is a euphemism for anti-Israel.
The Indiana Daily Student reports:
IU named ‘hostile campus’ by the Council on American Islamic RelationsThe Council on American Islamic Relations named Indiana University a “hostile campus” for Muslim, Palestinian and Arab students. The designation was announced Feb. 6, after an investigation from CAIR looking at news articles, campus events, administrative actions and reports from students. The press release cites the university’s “targeting of anti-genocide students, faculty, and staff advocating for Palestinian human rights.”“With the designations we sincerely hope that the administrators, the President, look at their policies and review all of the accusations and investigation, all the egregious events that happened and, you know, review everything that we investigated,” CAIR Research and Advocacy Specialist Maryam Hasan said. “You know, to make a better environment for the students, a campus environment that allows students to enjoy academic freedom.”
CAIR, a non-profit advocacy group, which says it is “America’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization.” The hostile campus campaign started in August 2024 to combat Islamophobic discrimination on college campuses and a lack of accountable action in US universities, according to CAIR Research and Advocacy Manager Farah Afify. There are currently 16 schools on the list. Afify said she wants students to know their concerns are valid and that organizations like CAIR will stand up for them.“I think it can be so difficult at a time like this, especially when the university you’re attending, the university that is intended to be a safe and comfortable space for you to engage with other students, for you to engage with your research, is treating you in this way, is calling police on you, is treating you as if you are an enemy instead of a student at that university,” she said.IU did not respond to two Indiana Daily Student requests for a statement.The university has faced backlash for numerous events and decisions since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023.
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