The Case of Sami Al-Arian

FrontPageMag.com ^ | February 8, 2002 | Ronald Radosh

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The Case of Sami Al-Arian
By Ronald Radosh

Professor Sami Al-Arian has been fired from his post at the University of South Florida –  not because he has been plausibly accused of collusion with terrorists – but supposedly because the threats and hate mail he is receiving may disrupt campus life. Is USF President Judy Genshaft deliberately trying to make Sami Al-Arian a leftist martyr? continue…

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Radosh: Most importantly, Al-Arian was the visa sponsor for Ramadan Abdullah Shallah to come to this country, where he hired him to work at WISE (The World Islamic Studies Enterprise) and sought to have USF hire him as a Professor of Middle East studies. Later, this same Shallah turned up in Syria as Secretary-General of Islamic Jihad.

Al-Arian's activities with Shallah prove that he is a member of the frontline terrorist group Islamic Jihad, and that he used his position at USF to establish fundraising and training facilities for the group. USF, which, by the way, has Connie Mack on its board, should be commended for getting rid of him.