Legitimizing Censorship: ‘Islamophobia Studies’ at Berkeley By Cinnamon Stillwell and Rima Greene “Islamophobia studies” is the latest addition to the academic pantheon of politicized, esoteric, and divisive “studies” whose purpose is to censor criticism of differing views by stigmatizing critics as racist or clinically insane. The University of California, Berkeley’s recent Sixth Annual International Islamophobia […]
Middle East Studies Profs Distort, Dissemble about Paris Attacks
Middle East Studies Profs Distort, Dissemble about Paris Attacks by Cinnamon Stillwell and Rima Greene Only in academe can a panel discussion on Islamic terrorism turn into an exercise in obfuscation and denial. Titled “Shooting Rampage in Paris: Free Speech, Anti-Semitism, Freedom of Religion, Islamophobia,” the recent University of California, Berkeley panel—which promised to “start […]