Salwa Sadek
Overview
Salwa Sadek has spread incitement, glorified a terrorist and defended terrorism. She also mocked Israeli civilians under rocket fire, spread an anti-Israel conspiracy theory and promoted hatred of Israel.
Sadek has defended anti-Israel activists and is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Sadek was affiliated with the Palestine Student Club (PSC) at Northwestern University - Qatar (NU-Q), in 2019.
As of November 2021, Sadek’s LinkedIn said that she was a “Social Media Specialist” at Qatar Foundation (QF) since March 2021.
Sadek’s LinkedIn also listed her as an Intern at Al Jazeera Media Network (Al Jazeera) from February 2020 to July 2020, and her Twitter bio said she was “Currently @AJEarthrise.” Earthrise is Al Jazeera’s environmental show.
Sadek’s LinkedIn also said she was an “Engagement Intern” at Vox.com in New York City from January to April 2019 and that she was an “Event Volunteer” at TEDxNorthwestern at NU-Q from November 2018 to February 2019.
As of the same date, Sadek’s LinkedIn page said she was a Journalism student at NU-Q, from 2016 to 2020. A May 4, 2020 post on Instagram indicated that she graduated.
Sadek’s LinkedIn also listed her as a “New Students Program, Co-Chair” at NU-Q since December 2018 and a “Magazine Writer” at The Daily Q, NU-Q’s student newspaper,from January 2019 to April 2020.
Sadek’s LinkedIn also indicated that she was a “Student Ambassador” at NU-Q from March 2017 to May 2020 and a “Service Learning Trip Leader” at NU-Q from October 2019 to March 2020.
Sadek retweeted a May 10, 2021 tweet that included a video of Palestinians outside of the Al Aqsa mosque, chanting in Arabic: “be-ruh be-dam nifdik ya Aqsaبروح ودم نفديك يااقصى [with spirit, with blood we will redeem you Aqsa].”
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 7, 2021, Sadek tweeted: “May Allah punish the zionists and governments in power who support this apartheid state who continue to kill innocent souls, mistreat, ethnically cleanse, steal the land of the Palestinians.”
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.
Also on May 7, 2021, Sadek tweeted: “O Allah! Help our brothers the Mujahideen [Jihad fighters] everywhere to gain victory over Your enemy and theirs.”
On the same day, Sadek tweeted: “O Allah!Punish the kafirs [infidels], and cause in their hearts terror (about the true believers) and cause friction among them, and send down Your wrath and punishment on them.”
Also that day, Sadek tweeted: “O Allah! Raise the standing of Islam and the Muslims, O Allah raise the standing and the Muslims, and degrade the standing of Kufr [Infidels] and the Kaafireen [Disbelievers], and Shirk and the Mushrikeen [Polytheism and Pagans]. Destroy the enemies of the Deen [Religion], and protect the lands of Islam, O Lord of the Worlds.”
Glorifying Terrorists
On May 7, 2021, Sadek posted to her Instagram a poem she wrote, titled: “we await the day palestine is free,” glorifying [Slide 3] Saeed Odeh, whom Sadek called a “shaheed [martyr].” Sadek also claimed that Odeh was “murdered by Zionist colonizing forces.”
On May 5, 2021, Saeed Odeh was shot after he joined a mob of rioters throwing Molotov cocktails and launching burning tires at Israeli security personnel.
On May 7, 2021, Sadek shared to Twitter her poem glorifying Odeh, adding: “a poem I wrote after seeing the heartbreaking videos from Palestine all of today and yesterday. May Allah grant all innocent souls the highest level of jannah and give the Palestinians strength & patience always till the day Palestine is free
Sadek retweeted a May 5, 2021 tweet that stated: “‘Everything in this world can be robbed and stolen except one thing; this one thing is the love that emanates from a human being towards a solid commitment to a conviction of cause’-Ghassan Kanafani Solidarity to the heros resisting the wrath of a settler colony in #SheikhJarrah.”
The tweet attached a photo of Ghassan Kanafani .
Kanafani was a leading member and spokesperson for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) during the terrorist organization’s early years. Kanafani announced the PFLP’s responsibility for the Lod Airport Massacre of May 1972 and was linked to the airport attackers. The attack killed 26 people and wounded 80 others.
Sadek retweeted a May 15, 2020 tweet that said: “To us, to liberate our country, to have dignity, to have respect, to have our mere human rights is something as essential as life itself."
The tweet included a tweet with a video of Kanafani that said: “Palestinian revolutionary socialist and martyred resistance leader, Ghassan Kanafani answers why stopping the fight for liberation isn't an option and why he refused to talk to Israeli leaders: ‘That's the kind of conversation between the sword and the neck.’”
Sadek retweeted a May 15, 2020 tweet featuring a series of photos of Kanafani saying: “You might have heard the news through the imperialist propaganda system […] and that they are defeated by the reactionary Israel. Comrades, do not believe them. There is no end to our struggle.”
Defending Terrorism
On May 13, 2021, following Hamas’s deadly targeting of population centers all across Israel with more than 1,000 rockets, Sadek shared [Slide 17] a post to her Instagram stories that stated: “Blaming Hamas for Firing Rockets is like Blaming a Woman for Punching her Rapist.”
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.
Also on May 12, 2021, Sadek shared [Slide 11] a post to her Instagram stories that showed a modified headline from the New York Times. The original headline stated: “Israel hits Gaza with airstrikes as Hamas Increases Rocket fire.” The modified headline, added in red ink, stated: “Israel Bombs Civilian Neighborhoods in Gaza as Palestinians Resist Seven Decades of Genocide.”
Sadek retweeted a May 10, 2021 tweet that said: “can’t think of a clearer illustration of genocidal apartheid and military occupation, do NOT divert your eyes.”
Sadek attached a tweet that stated: “#Israelipolice protect Jewish settler who ran over a young Palestinian, leaving the wounded Palestinian bleeding #Israeli #FreePalestine #Israel #Ramadan
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.
Mocking Israelis under Rocket Fire
On May 11, 2021, during OGW, Sadek tweeted: “AHAHAHA WHAT IS THIS you can literally hear birds chirping in the back.”Sadek’s tweet included a tweet mocking a 24-year-old Israeli civilian protecting his 12-year-old sister while they were sheltering from rocket attacks in southern Israel. The tweet referenced a video of the two while under rocket attack that said: “all this money that funds hasbara and ya’ll couldn’t get a better actor?”
Spreading an Anti-Israel Conspiracy Theory
On March 14, 2019, Sadek tweeted: “Almost a month has passed...yet still no one seems to care.”
Sadek’s tweet linked to another tweet which claimed: “Israel gives pharmaceutical firms permits to test out medicines on Palestinian prisoners.”
Sadek’s tweet linked to another tweet which claimed: “Israel gives pharmaceutical firms permits to test out medicines on Palestinian prisoners.”
Promoting Hatred of Israel
On May 12, 2021, Sadek shared [Slide 3] a post to her Instagram stories, that said: “History will remember the Israeli occupation forces as blood thirsty, but hopefully this epiphany arrives before they’ve drained us of all our blood #GazaUnderAttack #SaveSeikhJarrah.”On September 11, 2020, Sadek tweeted: “Serving a greater purpose’ when talking about him joining the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]...
Please enlighten me on what that greater purpose is please? Is it the active ethnic cleaning? Land and identity theft? Or ongoing war crimes?”Sadek included a tweet by The Daily Northwestern that stated: “Rom Brown, the defensive center midfielder from Hod Hasharon, Israel, is one of the newest additions to @NUMensSoccer. Unlike most first-years, though, he’s 22 years old and previously served in the Israel Defense Forces https://bit.ly/2RaKqTh.”
On May 15, 2020, Sadek tweeted: “#72years of the #Nakba. The day of the ‘catastrophe’ where more than 750,000 Palestinians were displaced and forced to leave their homes. #palestine
.”The term “Nakba” is generally translated as “catastrophe” in Arabic, referring to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term often used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel by defining it as a catastrophe.
Sadek retweeted a November 14, 2019 tweet that said: “I just want to be clear that 26 Palestinians have been killed by US financed weapons in the last 24 hours or so and none of the top 5 Democratic candidates have mentioned them.”
In November 2019, Israel launched Operation Black Belt to stop Palestinian rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel. The attacks were carried out in response to Israel’s elimination of Baha Abu al-Ata [Bahaa Abu Al-Atta], a senior commander of terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) who was reportedly planning new terror attacks.
Also on November 14, 2019, Sadek tweeted: “The manipulation of truth is disgusting” and linked to a tweet by U.S. Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden, that said: “Israel has a right to defend itself against terrorist threats. It is intolerable that Israeli civilians live their lives under the constant fear of rocket attacks. That's why our administration was such a strong supporter of Israel's life-saving Iron Dome.”
Sadek also retweeted a November 14, 2019 tweet that said: “Who commits genocide:” with a series of pointing finger emojis surrounding an Israeli flag.
Sadek retweeted an October 10, 2019 tweet that said: “Israelis when they see a piece of land” and an embedded video of Jewish children and youth running, wearing traditional Chassidic garb.
On September 20, 2019, Sadek shared a post to her CuriousCat page, featuring the question: “Which solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict do you support? Two state solution? One unified state? Full Israeli control? Or full Palestinian control?” She responded: “One Palestinian state.”
On March 18, 2019, Sadek tweeted: “Please read if you are confused or do not understand what it feels like for Palestinians to be living in Palestine:”
Sadek’s tweet linked to a tweet that said: “Imagine illegal settlers taking over your garden and neighbourhood. I do that in my latest article for @MiddleEastEye Nightmare neighbours: What if a religious settler project took over Britain? | Middle East Eye.”
Also on March 18, 2019, Sadek tweeted: “How can we do that if we’re also agreeing to coexist with Israelis who have violated every form of Palestinians' human rights.”
Sadek was responding to a tweet from U.S. Representative Ilhan Omarthat said: “We also have to hold everyone involved accountable for steps that undermine peace—whether through ever-expanding settlements or human rights violations in Gaza.”
On March 7, 2019, Sadek tweeted: “What is unacceptable and disturbing is that you continue to perpetuate ignorance and blind support to Israel carrying no shame and complete negligence when it come to the basic human rights of Palestinians.”
Sadek was responding to a tweet that said: “It is disturbing that Rep. Omar continues to perpetuate hurtful anti-Semitic stereotypes that misrepresent our Jewish community. Additionally, questioning support for the U.S.-Israel relationship is unacceptable. (1/2)”
Also on March 7, 2019, Sadek tweeted: “I believe you should apologize for your complete disregard for the millions of atrocities that have been committed by Israel’s government against Palestinians.”
Sadek linked to a tweet that said: “Israel has and remains a stalwart ally of the United States because of our countries’ shared interests and values. I condemn her remarks and believe she should apologize for her offensive comments. (2/2).”
Supporting BDS
On October 2, 2019, Sadek tweeted: “Is the most magical part of Israel the occupation or the genocide?” Sadek linkedto a tweet by “Demi Lovato News” that said: “Demi writing about her journey in Israel and her religion:”Sadek retweeted an October 2, 2019 tweet that said: “#DemiLovato has never felt ‘more renewed in her life’ by visiting blood-soaked occupied#Palestinian land called ‘israel’. Well on average #Palestinians don’t get to the age of 25 as they are assassinated by israeli military thugs, nevermind feel ‘renewed’ in life
.”On October 1, 2019, Sadek tweeted: “Can someone please just help me understand how we are letting an Israeli team be represented and participate in the #IAAFDoha2019 #IAAFWorldAthleticsChampionships in Qatar?”
That same day, Sadek shared a tweet by anti-Israel activist Remi Kanazi that said: “Boycott Israel. No excuses. Boycott it and listen to Palestinians: Israel Canceled the FIFA Palestine Cup for No Apparent Reason https://thenation.com/article/fifa-palestine-cup/”
Poet Remi Kanazi is known for his aggressively anti-Israel spoken-word performances. He has supported terrorism and has compared Israel to both ISIS and the Ku Klux Klan.
Sadek added: “and Qatar still has the audacity to host an Israeli team in the #IAAFWorldAthleticsChampionships.”
Sadek retweeted an August 3, 2019 tweet referring to Jennifer Lopez, that said: “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.”
Jennifer Lopez performed in Tel Aviv in August 2019.
On May 19, 2019, Sadek tweeted, referring to Madonna: “Someone tell her that Israel is an apartheid state that stole land, identity and the lives of Palestinians but yeah let’s ‘never underestimate the power of music to bring people together’”
Sadek linked to a tweet from Eurovision that said: “‘Let's never underestimate the power of music to bring people together’ - @Madonna, at the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.#DareToDream #Eurovision.”
Madonna performed at Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv.
Also on May 19, 2019, Sadek tweeted about Madonna: “What is she trying to achieve here? Like genuinely? Putting the flags‘hand in hand’ doesn’t represent equality and peace, but speaks as a coverup of/ignoring the war crimes and atrocities Israel has committed and continues to commit.”
Sadek tweeted in that thread: “You can’t just put two flags together on stage and expect you’ve solved the issue and tell them ok yalla let’s all get along. This isn’t a show. This is reality. Palestinians are dying every day, their rights have been completely stripped, how ignorant can you possibly be.”
On April 17, 2019, Sadek tweeted: “Wrote a story for @voxdotcom about Israel ordering the deportation of local Human Rights Watch director @OmarSShakir over BDS activism @BDSmovement.”
Omar Shakir has been the Israel and Palestine Country Director for Human Rights Watch (HRW) since October 2016 and a supporter and activist [00:04:53] of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement since 2013. In November 2019, the Israeli Supreme Court upheld the Israeli government’s authority to deport Shakir from Israel over his BDS support.
Sadek’s tweet linked to an April 16, 2019 article she published on Vox.com titled: “Israel is deporting a human rights activist over his BDS support.” In the article, Sadek criticized the US and Israel for “‘banning’ two prominent...human rights activists,” Shakir and BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti.
Barghouti, the founder of the BDS movement, has claimed [00:04:28] that international law grants everyone with Palestinian ancestry the unqualified right to settle in Israel. Barghouti has also insisted [01:18:21]that the demands of BDS are “inflexible” and “non-negotiable,” and if people object, then “tough.”
Also on April 17, 2019, Sadek posted to Facebook: “Wrote a story for Vox about Israeli court ordering the expulsion of local Human Rights Watch director Omar Shakir over BDS activism.”
On that day, Sadek also tweeted: “Israeli court is ordering the expulsion of local Human Rights Watch director Omar Shakir over BDS activism.”
On April 12, 2019, Sadek shareda petition on Facebook titled:“No Travel Ban for Omar Barghouti,” adding: “Please sign!!!!”
The petition claimed that Barghouti is “a world-renowned human rights defender” and criticized the US for denying Barghouti entry, calling it a “shameful and dangerous attack on the Palestine freedom movement and social justice.”
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.”
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.
Al Jazeera Media Network
Al Jazeera Media Network (Al Jazeera) is a Qatari-owned multimedia conglomerate broadcasting to 310 million households in more than 100 countries.The network has been accused of slanting news reports to promotethe agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood. A weekly show hosted by Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, aired from 1996-2013, where Qaradawi expressed [00:00:47] a personal dream of traveling to Israel to carry out Jihad and glorified suicide bombings by children.
The network has also been accused of affiliating with the terror group Hamas, criticized for providing a platform for the Al-Qaeda terror organization and implicated in the promotion of a wide variety of terrorist propaganda.
Invited guests and speakers have labeled Jews “devils” and “grave-dwellers who...suck the blood of others.” One Al Jazeera children’s program featured a Saudi cleric who labeled Jews “treacherous, disloyal, deceitful” and congratulated a child for hating and cursing Jews.
In September 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reportedly ordered AJ+, Al Jazeera’s online news platform based in the U.S., to register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA).
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“Is the most magical part of Israel the occupation or the genocide?”
“Someone tell her that Israel is an apartheid state that stole land, identity and the lives of Palestinians but yeah let’s ‘never underestimate the power of music to bring people together’”
“How can we do that if we're also agreeing to coexist with Israelis who have violated every form of Palestinians' human rights.”
“Can someone please just help me understand how we are letting an Israeli team be represented and participate in the #IAAFDoha2019 #IAAFWorldAthleticsChampionships in Qatar?”
“May Allah punish the zionists and governments in power who support this apartheid state who continue to kill innocent souls, mistreat, ethnically cleanse, steal the land of the Palestinians.”
“O Allah! Punish the kafirs [Infidels], and cause in their hearts terror (about the true believers) and cause friction among them, and send down Your wrath and punishment on them...O Allah! Help our brothers the Mujahideen everywhere to gain victory over Your enemy and theirs.”
