Sunday, April 17, 2011

After protest, FAU supports Muslim professor with terror links

via 50 protest FAU professor they say has terrorist ties.

BOCA RATON — About 50 protestors at the entrance to Florida Atlantic University today called for the firing of a Syrian professor they claim has terrorist ties.

At the same time, across campus, almost an equal number of students and professors gathered to support professor Bassem Alhalabi, an associate professor of computer science and engineering who has worked at FAU since 1996.

The university issued a statement Wednesday supporting Alhalabi.

Joe Kaufman of Americans Against Hate, who describes himself as an investigative journalist, targeted Alhalabi more than a decade ago. According to Kaufman, Alhalabi has troubling connections to terrorist groups, including the Islamic Center of Boca Raton, of which he was a co-founder. Kaufman says the center was bankrolled by Saudi Arabians and had several members, including its former imam, who have been arrested


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