Meanwhile, Khalil and seven other students on Thursday sued Columbia, Barnard College and the House Committee on Education and Workforce to block the panel’s demands that the universities share school and disciplinary records of “hundreds of students.”
The lawsuit, backed by the Council on American Islamic Relations, argues that the committee’s “political agenda is apparent” and accuses the government of weaponizing “accusations of antisemitism to attack ideas it ideologically opposes.”
CAIR: Pro-Israel Groups Urge Trump to Sanction Palestinian NGOs Out of Existence – Truthout
CAIR: UN chief calls for global action against rising ‘anti-Muslim bigotry’ – Al Jazeera
CAIR: Campus protest highlights cancellation of Palestinian voices – Davis Enterprise
CAIR-AZ: Arizona immigrant protesters worry ICE could target them – Phoenix New Times
CAIR: Is Growing Islamophobia a Symptom of Democracy in Decline? – The Progressive Magazine
CAIR: Homeland security agents search two Columbia University students’ rooms – The Guardian
CAIR: Braun orders review of antisemitism policies at Indiana universities – IndyStar
CAIR-LA: Federal effort to combat antisemitism at colleges coming to Los Angeles – KTLA
“Unfortunately we’re seeing actions claiming to protect students and to stop violence, but it doesn’t seem to expand to students who are Palestinians, Arab or Muslim,” said Amr Shabaik, L.A. Legal Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).