Why #Ramadan Generates Millions in #Charitable Giving Every Year
“Islam calls on #Muslims to set aside 2.5 percent of their accumulated wealth each year for zakat, said Khalid Latif, the executive director of the Islamic Center”
US Muslim rights group calls on Biden to suspend use of ‘terror’ watchlist
“No-fly list leak reveals more than one million entries, mostly comprised of #Muslim and Arab names, according to rights group” @CAIRNational@MuslimCouncil
that should interest academics too. And despite an increasing number of cases of sanctioning such freedoms, could one still suggest that the tide is turning albeit slowly? <>
Palestinians may be banned from flying their flag under an apartheid government, but we can still proudly do it at my office. I’m proud to be a Palestinian American and I want the Palestinian people to know that not all Americans support apartheid. No one can erase our existence.
#Palestinian man shot dead in occupied West Bank
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Saturday that 42-year-old Tariq Maali was shot in the city of Ramallah.
"Harvard Kennedy School reversed course on Thursday and said it would offer a fellowship to a leading human rights advocate it had previously rejected after...public outcry over academic freedom, donor influence and the boundaries of criticism of #Israel."
Teaching a new course at CCNY this spring on 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙖 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙡𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮. Looking forward to diving deeper into these books and learning outside of my immediate area of expertise!
Syllabus here: https://larryau.com/teaching
The Hamline controversy and the real threat to academic freedom
“We now find ourselves at the heart of a purported standoff between academic freedom and equity.” These words by Hamline University President Fayneese" by :
Meet one of the first #Muslim representatives in Texas House
"Rep. Salman Bhojani also made history as the first south Asian ever elected to the Texas #Legislature."
MERIP's winter issue "Peripheries and Borderlands" is here! This issue took me to new places and made me rethink others I was familiar with. Check out the editor's introduction by
"If the university is no different than a company that provides a consumer product, tuition-paying students unsurprisingly feel entitled to tell professors how and what to teach." -
Casualisation of the workforce also narrows the areas academics can concentrate on, and hence lowers the overall standard of work they are able to do. Long range, in depth research is not possible on a short term contract and we are all the poorer for that.
1969, 78% of faculty in US were tenure
2020, 50% were adjunct professors on short-term contracts. 25% of them rely on public assistance, 40% cannot meet basic expenses
State funding of public university is 34%. In the 1970s, it was 70%
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Join us on Jan 24 for next lecture in series "The Two Faces of American Freedom" with @CornellLaw Prof. Aziz Rana - Register here: https://go.rutgers.edu/vhqsvwp6@farazsanei
“The systematic evisceration of tenure-track lines will be the death of academic freedom in America, not Muslim students expressing their discomfort at seeing a famous Persian painting glorifying Prophet Muhammad in an art history class.”
The same Republicans railing against abortion in the name of being "pro-life" oppose:
—A living wage
—Climate action
—Gun safety
—Mask mandates
—Universal health care
—Home-care for the elderly
—Food stamps
—Ending the death penalty
The GOP is not pro-life.
I will be re-introducing my bill to extend Social Security's solvency for the next 75 years & expand benefits by $2,400 a year. How? By scrapping the cap. Today, a billionaire pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $160,000 a year. Let's end that absurdity.
Exposure to diverse knowledge should trigger intellectual inquiry and discomfort. If the university provides a consumer product, tuition-paying students unsurprisingly feel entitled to tell professors how and what to teach
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