Hazar Al-Kilani
Overview
Hazar Al-Kilani [Hazar Kilani] has spread incitement, celebrated terrorism and idolized a terrorist. She has also spread lies and expressed a violent hatred of Zionists and Israel. Al-Kilani has also defended violent protestors and spread hatred of Israel as well as Zionists.
Al-Kilani is also a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Al-Kilani was a 2021 Palestine Student Club (NU-Q PSC) activist at Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q). Al-Kilani also tweeted that she was active with Within Our Lifetime (WOL) and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at NYU.
As of November 2021, Al-Kilani‘s LinkedIn said she was a full-time “Affiliates Executive” with Snoonu, in Dohar, Qatar, since September 2021. She was also listed as a Freelance Writer for Doha News since May 2020.
Al-Kilani‘s LinkedIn also stated that she was an Editorial Intern at QBS Radio in Qatar from January-March 2020, and that she was a Digital Media Intern at the Qatar Foundation (QF), from September - December 2019. Her LinkedIn also indicated that she was a journalist at NU-Q’s student newspaper, The Daily Q, since May 2018.
Al-Kilani’s LinkedIn said that she was a News Intern at The Guardian US, from February - May, 2019 and a Palestine Representative at the 2019 UN ECOSOC Youth Forum in New York.
Al-Kilani’s LinkedIn noted that she received a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from NU-Q in 2020.
Spreading Incitement
On May 6, 2021, during a period of Palestinian unrest and violence in Jerusalem, Al-Kilani tweeted: “التحرير بالسلاح و بس بالسلاح [The liberation [is achieved] with weapons and only [through the use of] weapons].”On May 8, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Condemnation letters from governments don’t do much for liberation. Want to truly help Palestinians? Arm them, just like you armed others. #SaveSheikhJarrah #انقذوا_حي_الشيخ_جراح.”
In May 2021, Palestinian violence erupted in anticipation of an Israel High Court ruling on eviction proceedings concerning over 70 Palestinian tenants illegally residing in Jewish-owned properties in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.
On May 8, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Numerous injuries in Al-Aqsa after assaults by the IOF [Israeli Occupation Forces].”
In May 2021, violent clashes broke out between Palestinian worshippers and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa compound following claims the Al-Aqsa Mosque was in danger. The subsequent incitement was a leading factor in Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists firing over 4,300 rockets from Gaza into Israel later that month. Israel responded by launching “Operation Guardian of the Walls (OGW),” carrying out targeted military strikes in Gaza. Allegations of Jews “threatening” to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque have been a traditional pretext for Arab attacks on Jews predating the State of Israel.
On May 10, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “This is inside Al-Aqsa, one of the holiest sites in Islam. Make no f**king mistake, these are not ‘clashes’. This is colonial state massacring Palestinians.” Al-Kilani’s tweet included a video of masked, violent rioters inside the Al-Aqsa mosque, at least one of whom wore a Hamas flag.
On that same day, Al-Kilani posted the same video of rioters inside the Al-Aqsa to her Instagram, with the caption: “This is inside Al-Aqsa. One of the holiest sites in Islam where Palestinians were praying. They call us anti-semites for standing against ethnic cleansing, then they bomb us inside our mosques الاقصى منكم ساعةالله يحرقهم واحد واحد [Al-aqsa a short while ago, May Allah burn them all one by one].”
Al-Kilani added: “This is terrifying. Don’t stop talking about Jerusalem. Don’t stop talking about Sheikh Jarrah. Speak up, this is the bare minimum.”
On that same day, Al-Kilani tweeted: “الشعوب العربية المفروض تكون بالشارع الآن. المفروض [The Arab nations are obliged to take to the streets. Must].”
In the same thread, Al-Kilani added, referring to the Palestinian Authority’s President Mahmoud Abbas: “Stop the f**king aid you send to Abbas and arm palestinians.”
On May 14, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted a poster calling, in Arabic, for a “Friday of confrontation to confront the occupation troops and block the roads before the settlers. Palestine/ Inside [Israel] The West Bank and Al-Quds [Jerusalem].” The poster displayed a map of Israel portrayed with weapons flying overhead, including knives, guns, rockets and slingshots.
On May 11, 2021, groups of Israeli Arab citizens broke out in violent rioting in Lod, a city with a large Arab population, that then spread to other cities in Israel with large or predominantly Arab Populations.
Israeli Arab rioters reportedly raised Hamas and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) flags, and attacked Israeli civilians, motorists and hospital medical staff with slabs and rocks, as well as firebombs and metal rods. Rioters also torched synagogues, cars and businesses, and vandalized hospital medical equipment, schools and government buildings.
On May 21, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Don’t rest. We don’t have time to rest. Not until Palestine is liberated, from the river to the sea. #SaveSheikhJarrah.”
“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” is a chant calling to dismantle the State of Israel. It has also been employed by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to call for the replacement of Israel with an Islamic state.
On May 25, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Long live the resistance. Glory to our martyrs.” She attached a series of photos glorifying rock-throwing.
Although romanticized as a form of “popular resistance,” rock throwing remains a deadly form of violence.
Celebrating Terrorism
On May 18, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “anyway chanting odrob odrob tel *viv [bomb bomb tel aviv] today gave me my will to live back”
In May 2021, during Israel’s Operation Guardian of the Walls (OGW), Hamas’s Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades website publicized some of its long-range missile capabilities, known to include a variety of deadly rockets. The rockets have killed and injured civilians, and damaged homes.
Al-Kilani retweeted a May 15, 2021 tweet that stated: “‘armed members of the al-aqsa martyrs brigades have taken control of nablus and declared that the zionist occupation forces are no longer allowed in the city.’”
The tweet included a video of keffiyeh-masked terrorists holding machine guns, delivering a military statement by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, in Arabic, calling on Palestinians to attack Israelis and make life unbearable for them.
On May 14, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “I WANNA GO STORM THE JORDANIAN BORDER TOO I CANNOT BELIEVE IM IN QATAR RN.”
In May 2021, while Hamas was bombing major cities across Israel, hundreds of rioters from Jordan and Lebanon attempted to storm Israel’s borders before they were dispersed by Israeli forces.
Also on May 14, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “only thing standing between me and storming the border in jordan is my parents.”
On that same day, Al-Kilani tweeted: “It’s so heartwarming knowing that palestinian refugees and jordanian tribes organized the border crossing together.”
She added in the same thread: “تحيا الوحدة العربية.[Long live Arab unity].”
On May 12, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “odrob odrob tal abiiib [bomb bomb tel aviv] ”
On May 10, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “و الحجارة بئيديهم. الله يحميكم حبايبي [Stones are at their hands. May Allah protect them, my dear ones.].” She attached a tweet that stated: “#صورة من داخل #المسجد_الأقصى واستراحة الشبان المرابطين، قبل أن تعود المواجهات من جديد” [Picture from inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The rest of the young men, before the confrontations began again] along with photos of masked Palestinian youth resting.
Al-Kilani’s tweet included a picture of masked Palestinian youth, some holding stones and others sitting with rocks near their feet.
Laila Khaled was a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and participated in the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 in 1969 and El Al Flight 219 in 1970. As of 2017, Khaled was a member of PFLP's Political Bureau.
Khaled has said that the second intifada failed because it was not violent enough, advocated for the use of children in terror activities and compared Zionists to Nazis.
Khaled has said that the second intifada failed because it was not violent enough, advocated for the use of children in terror activities and compared Zionists to Nazis.
Spreading Lies
On May 10, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Breaking: a settler just ran over numerous Palestinians near Bab Al-Asbaat”
She then added in the same thread: “After running them over, he just started firing in the open.”
On May 10, 2021, Palestinian rioters threw stones at an Israeli vehicle near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, injuring the driver who then lost control of his car and swerved off the road, hitting several pedestrians. The rioters attempted to attack the driver, before a police officer arrived at the scene and fired warning shots to disperse the mob.
Al-Kilani also retweeted a May 10, 2021 tweet that stated: “Ngl [not gonna lie] he looks cute I wish I can ram his face with a my 19.8 lbs sledgehammer.” The tweet was accompanied by the photo of the Jewish driver who survived the attempted lynching.
On May 19, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “UNRWA: the occupation refuses entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing. #GazaUnderAttack #GazaUnderFire.”
Al-Kilani’s tweet included a tweet that stated: “عاجل| أونروا: الاحلال يرفض إدخال مساعدات إنسانية إلى قطاع غزة عبر معبر كرم أبو سالم [Watch: The occupation refuses [to permit] the entrance of humanitarian aid to Gaza through Kerem Shalom terminal].”
On May 18 and 19, 2021, during Israel’s Operation Guardian of the Walls, Hamas fired mortar shells at Israeli soldiers transferring humanitarian aid to Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing.
On September 29, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “It’s been 20 years,” and included a tweet and photos perpetuating the Al-Durah hoax.
The Al-Durah hoax is an iconic piece of anti-Israel propaganda, fabricated on September 30, 2000 at the start of the Second Intifada by a France 2 reporter.
Violent Hatred of Israel and Zionists
On May 25, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “damn who trynna go to london w me.” Al-Kilani’s tweet included another tweet from someone who reported seeing “a video of an Israeli being stabbed in the back by a Palestinian, a video of a group roaming London looking for Zionists to beat up, and an email about my old high school in which a Jewish girl was threatened with a beating by a group of boys.”
On May 5, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted “... I hope you burn in the depths of hell you zionist pig, I’ll put you there myself if I have to,” in response to: “don’t you think it’s time to give up on the falastin issue and try making peace with Israel? We both know Israel …”
On May 5, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted “... I hope you burn in the depths of hell you zionist pig, I’ll put you there myself if I have to,” in response to: “don’t you think it’s time to give up on the falastin issue and try making peace with Israel? We both know Israel …”
On that May 4, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “an organized resistance is the only answer, nothing else will ever free our homeland, the zionist pigs deserve nothing but the death and violence they’ve brought to us.”
Al-Kilani tweeted: “I f**king wish nothing but death for the colonizers who took our land and continue to displace our people.”
On February 3, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted a meme with text that said: “START ZIONIST SHAMING,” and tagged a tweet of an Israeli woman. The meme posted was a photo of a boy hiding his face as others pointed accusatory fingers at him.
Text accompanying the meme read: “START ZIONIST SHAMING” as other text that said: “ZIONISTS HAVE NO CULTURE,” “racist!” “COLONIZER!” “how are you sunburnt if you’re indigenous?,” “chocolate hummus looking a**,” “steal anyone’s land today?” and “GO BACK TO BROOKLYN.”
On December 1, 2019, Al-Kilani posted on CuriousCat: “In a free Palestine people from all religions will live in harmony, and zionists will be out” in response to the question: “What do you want to happen to the Jews when Palestine is free?”
On March 12, 2019, Al-Kilani responded to a tweet that said: “I love the fact that you wear a koufiya,” tweeting: “Thanks! I was just trynna start a fight w a Zionist on my way to work bc I’m bored.”
On November 29, 2018, Al-Kilani responded to the question: “What changes do you hope to see in the world by 2020?” on CuriousCat, with the response: “the end of the ethnocentric apartheid state of israel.”
On August 11, 2018, Al-Kilani tweeted: “I said it before and I will say it again, I will accept nothing but the destruction of the ethnic-supremacist apartheid state of Israel. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk !”
Defending Violent Protesters
On May 13, 2021, Al-Kilani posted to her Instagram: “With everything happening, I can’t help but think of Yasser Murtaja. He was a 30 year old Palestinian journalist in Gaza, who dedicated his life to telling the stories of his people.”Al-Kilani also stated: “Two weeks later, he was deliberately targeted and murdered by the IOF, during the Great March of Return. He was shot despite him wearing a flack jacket that clearly said “press”. But the Israeli terrorists do not care. He was the 10th Palestinian to be shot by the IOF after getting murdered on April 6, 2018.”
In May 2018, violent riots, instigated by Hamas on the Israeli-Gaza border, saw thousands of rioters attempting numerous breaches of Israel’s border fence, with
participants declaring their intention to harm Jews across the border.
Yasser Murtaja, a photojournalist, was reportedly a Hamas spy who useddrones to film Israeli positions. Murtaja was shot on April 6, 2018, as he filmed during the violent 2018 “March of Return” protest in Gaza.
In the same May 2021 Instagram post, Al-Kilani added: “Israel robbed Yasser and countless Palestinians of their youth. Of their dreams. Of their potential. No other nation could ever murder journalists, medics, and children, and get away with it.”
On May 15, 2018, Al-Kilani posted to Facebook: “There are no sides to take. There are no opinions to consider. Unrelenting and unconditional support for the Palestinian people slaughtered at the hands of an ethno-supremacist apartheid state is all that is acceptable. Otherwise you are a supporter of genocide & ethnic cleansing. Its that simple.”
On May 16, 2018, a Hamas senior official, Salah al-Bardawil, stated that 50 out of 62 protesters killed during the May 14 Gaza border protest were Hamas operatives. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) also claimed that three of its members were killed at the same protest.
That same day, Al-Kilani tweeted: “The monster speaks.” Her tweet embedded a Vice News video interview with Israel’s then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying [00:00:04] “It’s time to tell Palestinians: Abandon your fantasy of destroying Israel.”
The video’s caption read: “This is how Prime Minister Benjamin @Netanyahu responded after Israeli soldiers killed dozens of protesters in Gaza.”
Spreading Hatred of Israel
On September 8, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “إذا انت مؤمن بحل الدولتين فلا تعتبر نفسك مناضل للقضية الفلسطينية، لإننو قضيتنا هدفها ولا عمرو كان مساواة الحقوق بيننا و بين المستعمرين. أبداً [If you believe in the two-state solution, do not consider yourself a fighter for the Palestinian cause, because our cause is the goal, never the equality in rights between us and the colonizers].”“On May 14, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Sign this petition demanding sanctions on Israel and share it with everyone you know. #GazaUnderAttack #PalestineBleeding #Lydda #IsraelExposed.”
Al-Kilani linked to a petition calling on the “US Secretary of State Blinken, and to Foreign Ministers, Parliamentarians and Heads of State worldwide,” to “bring sanctions on key Israeli industries.” The petition also labelled Israel an “apartheid” state and accused Israel of committing “crimes against humanity.”
On May 4, 2020, Al-Kilani stated on CuriousCat: “one independent Palestinian state without a single zionist on walking on our land,” in response to the question: “1 state solution or 2 state solution?”
On June 13, 2019, Al-Kilani tweeted: “I’m lacking vitamin E ( End of the apartheid state of Isra*l ).”
On August 9, 2018, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Renounce Zionism, protest Birthright Israel, endorse BDS, advocate the Palestinian right of return, and work to decolonize Palestine. Work to end segregation in the Holy Land and expose how the Lobby operates in your communities. This is the least you can do.”
Authors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt's 2007 book, "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," invokes the conspiracy theory of Israeli and Jewish control over the U.S. government. Proponents of the theory decry the negative effects on American interests, particularly in foreign policy.
The “right of return” is a Palestinian demand discredited as a means to eliminate Israel.
Al-Kilani embedded a tweet and video with the caption: “For the past 24 hours, Israel has been carrying out a round-the-clock bombing campaign in Gaza. Not one major US media outlet has shown footage. But imagine if this was an Israeli neighborhood, and Palestinian warplanes, which don't exist, were bombing it...S**t would be real.”
On August 9, 2018, Hamas fired more than 180 rockets and mortar rounds into Israel. Israel responded, striking over 150 military targets in Gaza, including production sites for weapons and tunnels.
On October 26, 2018, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Just a daily reminder that Israel is a war criminal, racist, ethnocentric state !”
On October 28, 2018, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Reminder for the gulf countries in case they forgot: Israel is a racist endeavour and an apartheid state that continues to ethnically cleanse Palestinians.”
On November 21, 2018, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Don't we all just love ‘woke’ people who preach about social justice all day but are always willing to take the next plane to your local ethnocentric genocidal state, Isra*l.”
On December 27, 2018, Al-Kilani tweeted: “On this fine day I’d like to remind you all that Israel is a racist, ethnocentric, genocidal, and fascist apartheid state.”
On January 9, 2019, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Yeah I’m sure Israel is happy with ethnically cleansing Palestinians !” in response to a tweet reporting that Israel ranked #11 of the “Twenty happiest countries in the world, 2018.”
On February 12, 2019, Al-Kilani responded to the comment: “Israel has over 100 years of history and culture!” on CuriousCat, writing: “You better be trolling. The only history Isra*l has is of ethnic cleansing and apartheid.”
On March 25, 2019, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Where are the news reports on the bombs getting dropped in Gaza??? All I see is news about the Israeli house from yesterday. I am so tired of this.” Al-Kilani added: “This is exactly why I got into journalism, to replace the zionists who have no regard for Palestinian lives.”
On March 25, 2019, Hamas fired a rocket into Israel, demolishing a home and injuring seven civilians. Israel responded with bombing raids on Hamas targets in Gaza.
On March 12, 2019, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Israel commits genocide but hey checkout Tel Aviv's new gay bar!!! Stop the pinkwashing of Israeli war crimes.”
“Pinkwashing” is a claim that Israel advocates manipulate the LGBTQ community in order to garner support for Israel.
On May 17, 2019, Al Kilani tweeted a quote falsely attributed to Albert Einstein, writing: “Since you’re quoting Albert Einstein, he also said ‘it would be my greatest sadness to see Zionists so to Palestinian Arabs much of what Nazis did to Jews’. But Palestinian lives don’t really count to you, do they?”
Al-Kilani was responding to a tweet and video that quoted Albert Einstein in honor of Holocaust Rememberance Day.
On September 20, 2019, Al-Kilani said: “One Palestinian state,” in response to the question on CuriousCat: “Which solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict do you support? Two state solution? One unified state? Full Israeli control? Or full Palestinian control?”
Spreading Hatred of Zionists
On November 2, 2019, Al-Kilani tweeted: “F**k Israel and f**k anyone who supports them..”On January 12, 2019, Al-Kilani responded to the question: “What is one thing about your life that you would not change?” on CuriousCat, writing: “my hatred for zionist trash.”
On December 16, 2018, Al-Kilani responded to the question: “If you had the world’s attention for 30 seconds, what would you say?” on CuriousCat, writing: “kos om israel. [f**k Israel]”
Supporting BDS
On May 16, 2021, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Qatar people! Lets start organizing. I want to start a petition or anything demanding the removal of products on the BDS list off the store shelves here. This has to be a big campaign. I just need help, do petitions work here? Is there any better way to approach this? @QAYON”Al-Kilani added in the same thread: “FYI I know that the BDS list is big but we can start small, with the companies that are more impactful to boycott. Lets also not forget that we still have the Pheonix scooters in our streets. Lets work to get rid of them.”
On May 14, 2021, Al-Kilani posted to her Instagram: “These are the companies you should boycott if you want to start following the bds movement. I know many of these are brands many people are used to using, and I’m not saying that I properly boycott yet. But these small changes in your life make a big difference. BDS has proved time and time again that it works, and that’s why Israel and the US fight it so much.
Al-Kilani also attached two pages of logos of Israeli, U.S. and European companies to boycott.
On November 14, 2019, Al-Kilani tweeted: “I’m gonna start officially boycotting all companies that support Israel or work with them. I’ve actually never tried to do this properly before but I feel like this is the bare minimum that I could do as a Palestinian diaspora.”
She also tweeted: “I just downloaded Buycott, they have a QR code scanner and a list of companies to boycott and the ones to support, I definitely recommend it!”
On August 3, 2019, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Cancelled, dumped, trashed. @JLo did not ignorantly perform in Isra*l, she DELIBERATELY ignored endless calls to boycott an apartheid state that continues to ethnically cleanse my people. Her money has blood on it. I am beyond disgusted.”
On May 15, 2018, Al-Kilani tweeted: “Here is a link to all companies and products that are Israeli / support Israel. Let your wallets be your weapons http://bdslist.org/full-list/.”
She also tweeted: “Some companies you're all familiar with include: The Body Shop, HP, Viber, L'OREAL, Victoria's Secret, Caterpillar, and the list goes on.”
PSC NU-Q Activism
On May 14, 2021, Al-Kilani indicated on twitter that she would be speaking at a PSC NU-Q rountable discussion titled “The Palestinian Resistance.”
During the discussion, Al-Kilani called [00:16:07] on anti-Israel activists to amplify Palestinian voices, adding [00:16:35] “Palestinians in Palestine have the right to resist.”
Al-Kilani also declared [01:21:06]: “The reason why Israelis may aim to...hit a Palestinian in the eye or just give them a disability for the rest of their lives is that it’s like hitting two birds with a stone for them. So, yes they give the Palestinian a disability and...the life for the Palestinian is going to be harder for them to resist either physically or anything, at the same time the death toll is lower.”
Qatar - Terrorism
Qatar is one of the primary state backers of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and has provided funding for Hamas in the past. Qatar facilitates funding to advance extremism around the world, including the West.
Qatar Foundation
In 1995, the then-Emir of Qatar and his wife, Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, created the Qatar Foundation (QF) to “advance education, science, and cultural development.”In 1995, QF was given two billion dollars in resources by the Qatari Government “to address knowledge and capacity deficits” and transform into a “knowledge-based economy.”
QF launched Education City (EC) in 1997, with the stated goal of providing “world-class education to the people of Qatar.”
In 2003, the campus was officially inaugurated.
Qatar Foundation - Yusuf al-Qaradawi and the Muslim Brotherhood
In 2007, Yusuf al-Qaradawi announced QF’s establishment of the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS) in EC. The QFIS structure was to be created by an advisory committee, chaired by al-Qaradawi.
Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi [Yousef Al-Qaradhawi] was the founder and, as of April 2020, remained head of the European Council for Fatwa and Research. In 2005, The Wall Street Journal reported the council used the anti-Semitic fabricated text, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, as a basis for some of its deliberations.
al-Qaradawi said in a statement that aired on Al-Jazeera TV on January 30, 2009: "Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the Jews...The last punishment was carried out by Hitler...Allah Willing, the next time will be at the hand of the Believers."
al-Qaradawi has also called for the murder of American civilians, as well as American troops in Iraq, homosexuals and Jews and expressed support for domestic violence against women.
al-Qaradawi said in a statement that aired on Al-Jazeera TV on January 30, 2009: "Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the Jews...The last punishment was carried out by Hitler...Allah Willing, the next time will be at the hand of the Believers."
al-Qaradawi has also called for the murder of American civilians, as well as American troops in Iraq, homosexuals and Jews and expressed support for domestic violence against women.
In 2008, Moza bint Nasser and QF established within QFIS, the al-Qaradawi Centre for Research in Moderate Thought, also known as the “Al-Qaradawi Center for Islamic Moderation and Renewal,” in honor of “His Eminence” Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
QFIS described al-Qaradawi as “a pioneer of Islamic moderate thought” and the research center’s “main theorist.”
In January 2012, QF opened the Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), “under the guidance of Director Dr. Tariq Ramadan.” In October 2015, Ramadan was listed as the CILE Director.
Tariq Ramadan is the grandson of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) founder Hassan al-Banna and son of senior Brotherhood operative Said Ramadan. Tariq Ramadanis also alleged to be a serial-rapist, as well asa terrorist supporter.
NU-Q - Qatar Foundation
In 2008, QF invited Northwestern University (NU) in Evanston, Illinois to set up a Qatari satellite campus in EC, Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q), focusing on journalism and communications.
The degree that NU-Q awards students upon graduation would be identical to that earned at NU’s Evanston, IL campus.
The degree that NU-Q awards students upon graduation would be identical to that earned at NU’s Evanston, IL campus.
On July 10, 2009, the Chronicle of Higher Education released an article critical of the academic standards of EC, noting that: "Administrators at several branch campuses of American universities in Qatar acknowledge that they accept students with admissions standards that fall below those expected on their home campuses…"
On April 5, 2014, Everett Dennis, NU-Q’s then-Dean and CEO said [00:12:25] in an interview with Richard Heffner, a former professor of Communications and Public policy at Rutgers University (Rutgers), that QF was “paying the bill” for NU-Q’s building, faculty, research and housing.
In March 2015, Stephen F. Eisenman, President of the Northwestern Faculty Senate, reported to the NU Faculty Senate that Qatari students receive full scholarships from the QF, while non-Qatari students, with some exceptions, must pay full costs. Eisenman also reported that “that five new endowed professorships at NU were recently funded out of QF money.”
In 2016, NU signed a 10-year extension to its agreement with QF, enabling NU-Q to operate through the 2027-2028 school year.
As of November 2019, the United States Department of Education (DoE) reported that Qatar gave NU $323.4 million in contract revenue since January 2013, averaging $49.6 million per year.
As of April 2020, Qatar Foundation’s contract with NU-Q was not available to the public.
As of May 2020, EC hosted six American university satellite campuses, in addition to NU-Q, including Carnegie Mellon University, Georgetown University, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), the Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Texas A&M University.
QF lawyers, according to a January 2016 Washington Post article, petitioned the Texas attorney general in an attempt to keep the operational and financial details confidential.
However, the Washington Post was able to publish the 2012 10-year contract between VCU and QF because it was “disclosed as a matter of public record.” The projected budget included a VCU management fee of $3.6 million dollars for 2013, to rise to $4.1 in 2015.
The Washington Post article added: “The other four U.S. schools involved are private: Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern and Georgetown universities. They all declined Post requests for their Qatar contracts.”
The Washington Post later published the 2014 contract between Texas A&M and QF in a March 2016 article. The contract stated: “Texas A&M is eligible for a management fee for running the branch — an amount set at $8.2 million in fiscal 2014.”
In 2019, the U.S. DoE was reportedly “quietly investigating Georgetown and three other universities — Texas A&M, Cornell and Rutgers — over their funding from Qatar.”
Qatar Foundation - Anti-Israel Campaign
In 2009, the Qatar Foundation hired the U.S. public relations firm, Fenton Communications, to develop “a communications action plan for an 18-month campaign,” using Al Fakhoora, a Qatari-based pro-Palestine initiative.The Fenton plan aimed to delegitimize Israel and generate international support for the Hamas-run Gaza strip, with a reported budget of $120,000.
Al Fakhoora was reportedly launched in 2009, following “the Israeli aggression on Gaza,” in support of promoting and facilitating access to higher education.
Israel commenced Operation Cast Lead (OCL)in 2008-09 in order to stop Hamas rocket fire from Gaza targeting Israeli civilians. In 2010, Hamas admitted that nearly 700 of the Palestinian casualties in OCL were combatants.
In May 2010, Farook Burney, director of Al Fakhoora, reportedly participated in the Mavi Marmara attempt to “break the siege in Gaza.”
The Mavi Marmara was the lead ship in a “Freedom Flotilla” of six ships that attempted to sail to Gaza in May 2010 to “break the siege.” A 2011 United Nations’ report found that the flotilla activists initiated a violent confrontation with Israeli forces. Following the incident there was no humanitarian aid found onboard the ship, only crude weaponry.
In June 2010, Burney reportedly told students at QFIS that "Al Fakhoora has launched an advocacy campaign to file legal charges against Israel and change the public perception in the West about its actions."
Qatar Foundation -EC Mosque Hosting Anti-Semitic Preachers
In April 2015, QF opened the Education City (EC) Mosque, located in Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS) campus, adjacent to NU-Q.Since the opening of the mosque, QF’s newspaper has encouraged readers to “join the QF community for prayer” at the EC Mosque, which has hosted 18 preachers and clerics who have variously spread anti-Semitism, expressed support for terror, spread [00:00:20] a conspiracy theory that radicalized Muslims played no part in 9/11 or the Charlie Hebdo attacks and declared that the Jews use pornographic movies to “destroy the world and control it.”
One preacher, Salman al-Audah, claimed [00:02:48] in a sermon broadcast on a major Gulf media channel in August 2012, that Jews use “human blood” for Passover matzah.
A cleric, Tareq al-Hawas, stated [00:04:11] about Jews "If only Hitler had finished them off, thus relieving humanity of them." Hawas was reportedly a member of Yusuf al-Qaradawi's International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) in 2013.
Another cleric, Mohammed al-Arifi, proclaimed in 2012, that “one’s devotion to jihad for the sake of Allah and one’s will to shed blood, smash skulls, and chop off body parts...constitute an honor.”
On March 18, 2016, preacher Mudassir Ahmed spoke at the EC mosque, urging attendees to [00:37:47]: “Kill the infidels... Count them in number and do not spare one.”
On April 1, 2016, preacher Khalid Al-Bakr, who has expressed support for Hamas, spoke at EC’s Mosque, calling [00:36:47] for Allah to “render victorious our brothers the mujahideen...in every place” and to “guide their shooting.”
On October 30, 2015, during the “Knife Intifada,” al-Hawas used his pulpit at the EC mosque to condemn [00:30:18] “the aggressor Zionists,” adding: “Allah, Help out Islam and Muslims, humiliate the heathens; destroy the foes of the religion.” al Hawas also said: "Protect your house, Al-Aqsa mosque from the hands of the Zionist aggressors."
October 2015 saw a wave of stabbings, known as the “Knife Intifada,” where young Palestinians throughout Israel were stabbing and attempting to stab Israeli civilians. The upsurge in violence across Israel was incited by Palestinian political and religious leaders. The attacks were sparked and fueled by Palestinian leaders propagating the libel that Israel intended to desecrate the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
NU-Q - Al Jazeera
Since 2008, NU-Q has worked closely with the Al Jazeera Media Network (Al Jazeera). In 2013, NU-Q signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) with Al Jazeera “which deepens ties between the two organizations.”
Al Jazeera is a multinational multimedia conglomerate and parent company of the Qatari state-funded Al Jazeera. AJMN comprises an entirely state-owned network, chaired by Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar.
AJMN has been repeatedly accused of slanting news reports to promote and advance the agenda of theMuslim Brotherhood (MB), as well as MB’s offshoot, the Hamas terrorist organization.
On March 13, 2013, Qatari-based news site Marhaba reported that NU-Q’s MoU with Al Jazeera aimed to “further facilitate collaboration and knowledge transfer between the two media organisations.” NU-Q’s announcement of the MoU referred to itself and Al Jazeera as “two of Qatar’s foremost media organisations.”
The MoU was created, in part, so NU faculty would provide consultations to launch Al Jazeera America (AJAM), based on NU’s “expertise in the American Media Industry.”Al Jazeera, for its part, expressed “willingness to support NU-Q students with scholarships as well as training opportunities.”
Al Jazeera launched AJAM, an American news channel, 2013. However, the channel closed in April 2016 due to low viewership and following a crisis in 2015 when CEO Ehab Al Shihabi reportedly stepped down after accusations of sexism and anti-Semitism.
NU-Q’s MoU with Al Jazeera was signed by Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed Al-Thani, Qatari Minister of Economy and Commerce and Director General of Al Jazeera, as well as Everette Dennis, the Dean and CEO of NU-Q.
Since the MoU, Al Jazeera has maintained a close partnership with NU-Q, including funding NU-Q’s professorial research.
NU-Q Joint Advisory Board
Since NU-Q and Al Jazeera signed their initial MoU in 2013, NU-Q has a Joint Advisory Board (JAB), which consists of ten to eleven people; five or six positions filled by Qatari-connected members and five positions filled by Western members.All eleven of the current or previous Qatari-connected JAB members were directly affiliated with QF, Al Jazeera or the Qatari government.
There is little information available about the role of NU-Q’s JAB. The role of the Texas A&M University, Qatar (TAMUQ) JAB was exposed by the Washington Post in a 2016 article, to include general oversight and close monitoring and review of every aspect of TAMUQ, with QF paying the JAB TAMUQ expenses.
Multiple people associated with the NU-Q’s JAB have whitewashed al-Qaradawi, including the QF CEO and JAB Co-Chair from 2008-2019, Hind bint Hamad Al-Thani, JAB 2019-2020 member and president of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) Ahmad Hasnah, as well as JAB 2012 - 2014 member and QF Vice President of education Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani.
Qatari State Minister, NU-Q JAB 2019-2020 member and AJ Vice Chairman Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari, reportedly recommended a book that spread anti-semitism and authored an introduction praising the book. Yaser Bishr, 2017-2020 JAB member and Executive Director of digital media at Al Jazeera has demonized Israel.
Professor Rami Khouri was a Western NU-Q JAB member from 2012-2020 and a senior fellow at American University of Beirut (AUB). As of January 2020, Khouri was also an Al Jazeera contributor.
Khouri has legitimized terrorism, defended the “Knife Intifada,” has glorified violent protesters and spread anti-Israel conspiracy theories.
NU-Q - Hosting Annual Al Jazeera Speaker Series
Since the signing of the MoU in 2013, NU-Q has hosted an annual Al Jazeera Speakers Series. Thirteen of the 17 speakers who participated in the series at NU-Q from 2013-2019 have whitewashed terrorism, demonized Israel or expressed supportfor the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.Dima Khatib, managing director of AJ+, spoke at NU-Q as part of the series on November 8, 2016. Khatib has spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, defended Hamas terror and whitewashed Hezbollah. She has also glorified a terrorist, demonized Israel and is a supporter of the BDS movement.
Elia Ghorbiah, a journalist at AJ’s immersive storytelling studio Contrast VR [Virtual Reality], spoke at NU-Q on November 8, 2018, as part of the series, helping to launch the NU-Q’s new Media Innovations Lab (MIL).
Ghorbiah has compared Israel to Nazi Germany, exressed support for terrorists, as well as the terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and urged the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers. She is also a supporter of the BDS movement.
NU-Q - Anti-Israel Middle East Studies Minor
In 2017, NU-Q launched a Middle East Studies minor in their Liberal Arts program. From 2017-2019, four of the seven members of the NU-Q’s Middle East Studies committee included anti-Israel NU-Q professors Justin Martin, Ibraham Abusharif, Khaled Hroub and Sami Hermez.Khaled Hroub, a Professor at NU-Q who taught the 2018 and 2019 course “Islamism & Politics in the Middle East,” has reportedly whitewashed the terror group Hamas.
Sami Hermez, an NU-Q Professor who taught the 2018-2019 NU-Q courses “Anthropology of Palestine” and “Advanced Topics: Violence/Power/Resistance,” has promoted a terrorist and demonized Israel.
All of the required reading for Hermez’s “Anthropology of Palestine” course was authored by anti-Israel professors, eight of whom were activists in or supporters of the BDS movement. One of the authors, Edward Said, has advocated for the “right of return,” a Palestinian demand discredited as a means to eliminate Israel.
Justin Martin, an Associate Professor at NU-Q, has mocked America’s suffering following the 9-11 terror bombings and demonized Israel. Martin has also broadcast his desire for Qatari funding to boost the BDS movement on U.S college campuses.
Ibrahim Abusharif was an editor and Treasurer of the Quranic Literacy Institute (QLI) from 1990 to 1998. The QLI “was allegedly part of a large web of organizations and individuals that were funding terrorist groups.”
QLI, along with the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), and the Islamic Association of Palestine, was found to have funded Hamas militant activities and therefore liable for the death of David Boim, an American citizen killed by Hamas in the West Bank. This was later reversed as it could not be proven the funds were intended to be used to kill Boim.
The minor also required students to attend two guest lectures a year, chosen by the Middle East Studies Committee.
NU-Q - Student Internships in International Media
As of January 2020, third-year NU-Q Journalism and Strategic Communication students were required to intern for ten weeks at media or public relations firms, off-campus.In 2019, students reportedly interned at international communication firms and news outlets in Washington D.C., New York City, London, Berlin, Stockholm and Doha.
As of February 2020, news outlets where NU-Q students have interned included: BBC News, TIME Magazine, Forbes, the Washington Post, National Geographic, the Guardian, National Public Radio (NPR), the Boston Globe, USA Today, Vox, the Financial Times, the Huffington Post and VICE
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Students also interned at sports outlets, including: Sports Illustrated and ESPN, as well as fashion outlets Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire.
NU-Q reported in 2012 that they were able to offer students residencies at prestigious media organizations “because of the high-level contacts that NU-Q faculty and staff have in the international media.”
Students also interned at sports outlets, including: Sports Illustrated and ESPN, as well as fashion outlets Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire.
NU-Q reported in 2012 that they were able to offer students residencies at prestigious media organizations “because of the high-level contacts that NU-Q faculty and staff have in the international media.”
SJP
SJP is a student organization engaged in anti-Israel activity on North American college and university campuses.
The first chapter of SJP was founded in 2001 at the University of California at Berkeley by Professor Hatem Bazian. Bazian has spread classic anti-Semitism, reportedly promoted religious anti-Semitism and defended the Hamas terror group. In 2004, Bazian called for “intifada” in America.
SJP organizes anti-Israel campaigns, including running annual Israel Apartheid Weeks, often in collaboration with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and Muslim Students Association (MSA) campus chapters.
SJP has been a major force in pushing the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement on campuses. Chapters have initiated dozens of BDS resolutions in student governments, which have been proposed on or around Jewish holidays, a time when many Jewish students are off-campus.
SJP activists have reportedly physically assaulted, intimidated and harassed Jewish students, disrupted pro-Israel campus events and demonized pro-Israel campus organizations.
Chapters have often endorsed and campaigned for numerous terrorists and whitewashed terrorism.
BDS
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement was founded by Omar Barghouti in 2005 to challenge “international support for Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism.” BDS is an allegedly “Palestinian-led movement,” although leading BDS activists have admitted [00:01:01] this is not true.
One of the demands of BDS includes [point 3] what is generally known as the “right of return,” a demand discredited as a way to eliminate Israel. Barghouti said the “right of return” is a means to “end Israel’s existence as a Jewish state.”
Barghouti has said that BDS “aims to turn Israel into a pariah state, as South Africa once was.”
In his activism, Barghouti has also said [00:05:55] regarding Israel: “Definitely, most definitely, we oppose a Jewish state in any part of Palestine. No…rational Palestinian, not a sellout Palestinian, will ever accept a Jewish state in Palestine.”
The movement has been linked to numerous terrorist organizations and received a public endorsement from Hamas in 2017.
BDS initiatives include calling on institutions and individuals to divest from Israeli-affiliated companies, promoting academic and cultural boycotts of Israel, and organizing anti-Israel rallies, protests and campaigns.
The movement’s most notable achievement has been the infiltration of university campuses through lobbying for “BDS resolutions.” In these cases, student governments and student groups, backed by their own anti-Israel members and affiliates, have proposed resolutions on some form of boycott of, or divestment from, Israel and Israeli-affiliated entities.
Boycott resolutions, although non-binding, have been passed by student governments on numerous North American campuses.
BDS activity is often aggressive and disruptive. It has been noted that universities that pass BDS resolutions see a marked increase in anti-Semitic incidents on campus. On one campus, when the student government debated a BDS resolution, reports emerged of violent threats against those opposing it.
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