Columbia Academic Claims ICE Detention of Mahmoud Khalil is Example of ‘White Christian Nationalism’
“contemporary allegations of ‘antisemitism’ chill free speech and political dissent just as McCarthy-era accusations of communism did”
Columbia is so lost and this is just further proof.
The College Fix reports:
Columbia scholar: ICE detention of pro-Hamas student example of ‘white Christian nationalism’
The recent detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement of Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil is white Christian nationalism in action, according to a 38-year-old Columbia PhD student.
Allie Wong, who specializes in dis/misinformation, radicalization, and conspiracy theories and (in her words) was “brutalized” by police at pro-Hamas rally last year, writes in Religion Dispatches that Khalil’s arrest was “not an anomaly.”
It was “an inflection point,” Wong (pictured) says. “A moment encapsulating America’s current expressions of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim hostility.”
Khalil, who graduated from Columbia in December, was arrested earlier this month and sent to an ICE detention center in Louisiana. The Trump administration claims it has the right to deport non-citizens for actions like those in which Khalil has been accused of engaging.
These include leading a student group which “openly declared its mission was to ‘fight for the total eradication of Western civilization’ while taking instructions from terrorist organizations,” according to pro-Israel pundits.
On the other hand, free speech groups and Democrats in Congress contend Khalil is being punished merely for his speech.
Wong says “contemporary allegations of ‘antisemitism’ chill free speech and political dissent just as McCarthy-era accusations of communism did.” Such “fus[es] state repression with the imperatives of white Christian nationalism.”
She adds Senator (Joe) McCarthy portrayed communism not just as a political enemy but a “godless […] existential evil,” and that it wasn’t enough to just purge the country of the Reds — “it was about enforcing a vision of American identity—white, Christian, and uncritically patriotic.”
What drove McCarthyism has morphed into our current “surveillance state” which, Wong contends, “disproportionately targets Arabs, Muslims, and other non-white, non-Christian individuals and communities.”
Just as anti-communist rhetoric once served to purge academics, artists, and activists from public life, disingenuous allegations of antisemitism today warp legitimate concerns into a tool for criminalizing pro-Palestinian activism, paradoxically undermining the safety of Jewish communities. Such efforts erase nuance, blur distinctions, and dismiss critiques of Israeli policy as sinister threats to Jewish existence. All who call for an end to Israel’s genocide against Palestinians—including Jews—are now accused of antisemitism and, following [Secretary of State Marco] Rubio’s logic, may be seen as threats to national security.
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I’m having a bear of a time finding a Western Civ course at Tehran U. Maybe Ali could do something about this flagrant violation of social equity and inclusion. Until then, he could always shut the * up.
Allie Wong, a woman of chinese dissent demonstrates her specificalities of dis/misinformation and radicalization by floating an unfounded conspiracy theory about white nationalism.
If Allie Wong thinks that deporting from our country a guest advocating genocide while harassing Jewish is white Christian nationalism, I suggest she emigrate to the idyllic People’s Republic of China.
I can only believe that this nutjob “doctoral candidate” is typical of a lot of the academics I’ve met in my 80+ yrs on this planet. No common sense and a really warped view of the world. If she thinks that life is so great in the mideast that she will defend it so energetically, she is more than welcome to move to Gaza. Then she can live the dream she seems to think exists under the muslim way of life. But, that would require she back up her alligator mouth by actually experiencing being in Palestine. Good luck with that,
Another idiot from Columbia heard from–don’t they have any normal professors or students?
McCarthy was right. So her entire thesis starts off on the wrong foot.