Board chairs and staff of host organizations didn’t always begin conferences by hurling insults at audience members. But it’s an annual ritual for Nader Hashemi, chair of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) and professor of Middle East studies at the University of Denver. For the second straight year, Hashemi used […]
Intolerant Profs Decry “Islamophobia” While Whitewashing Jihad Terrorism
Nader Hashemi’s opening remark of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy’s (CSID) annual conference, held last month at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, DC, dripped with the sophistry and hostility that saturated the event. “There is a good presence here today, including members of the Islamophobic industry. Andrew Harrod, I see, is […]