Rutgers University has canceled a speaking event for Lisa Daftari, a regular Fox News contributor, after some students accused her of Islamophobia.
Ironically, Daftari, who is a Rutgers alumna and Iranian Jew, was set to speak on “Radicalism on College Campuses” and free speech at universities.
A student led petition drove the cancellation. Adeel Ahmad, president of the university’s Ru Progressives student organization, was the originator of the movement ot ban Daftari. He cited a speech at the Heritage Foundation where Daftari said “Islamic terror takes its guidance and teachings from the Quran, which is Sharia law.” The petition claimed it was just a “small sample of harmful rhetoric” from Daftari.
Daftari told the Jewish Journal in an interview that students could have asked her about past statements during a question-and-answer session at the event. “By silencing me, you’re only showing me your own prejudice and your own...
Ironically, Daftari, who is a Rutgers alumna and Iranian Jew, was set to speak on “Radicalism on College Campuses” and free speech at universities.
A student led petition drove the cancellation. Adeel Ahmad, president of the university’s Ru Progressives student organization, was the originator of the movement ot ban Daftari. He cited a speech at the Heritage Foundation where Daftari said “Islamic terror takes its guidance and teachings from the Quran, which is Sharia law.” The petition claimed it was just a “small sample of harmful rhetoric” from Daftari.
Daftari told the Jewish Journal in an interview that students could have asked her about past statements during a question-and-answer session at the event. “By silencing me, you’re only showing me your own prejudice and your own...
- 10/13/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
On Friday, April 20, Multiple Sclerosis (Ms) advocate and Center Without Walls founder, Nancy Davis, welcomed guests to the Beverly Hilton for its historic 25th Anniversary Race to Erase Ms Gala.
Flo Rida Performs At 25th Anniversary Race to Erase Ms Gala
The event raised over $1.6 million to benefit the Race to Erase Ms and its Center Without Walls program, a collaboration of top Ms research centers working together as a team on ground-breaking research with the goal of treating and, ultimately, finding a cure for Ms.
Guests at this year’s event included Race to Erase Ms Founder Nancy Davis, host Scott Rogowsky, Performers Flo Rida, Elle King, and Siedah Garrett, Musical Director Greg Phillinganes, and additional special guests including Ajiona Alexus, Byron Allen, A.R.T., Lance Bass, Talitha Bateman, Allison Baver, Stacey Bendet, Phillip Bloch, Katrina Bowden, Miles Brown, Logan Browning, Cheryl Burke & Matthew Lawrence, Terry Butler, Francesca Capaldi,...
Flo Rida Performs At 25th Anniversary Race to Erase Ms Gala
The event raised over $1.6 million to benefit the Race to Erase Ms and its Center Without Walls program, a collaboration of top Ms research centers working together as a team on ground-breaking research with the goal of treating and, ultimately, finding a cure for Ms.
Guests at this year’s event included Race to Erase Ms Founder Nancy Davis, host Scott Rogowsky, Performers Flo Rida, Elle King, and Siedah Garrett, Musical Director Greg Phillinganes, and additional special guests including Ajiona Alexus, Byron Allen, A.R.T., Lance Bass, Talitha Bateman, Allison Baver, Stacey Bendet, Phillip Bloch, Katrina Bowden, Miles Brown, Logan Browning, Cheryl Burke & Matthew Lawrence, Terry Butler, Francesca Capaldi,...
- 4/25/2018
- Look to the Stars
Liberal blogs are all aflutter about a Fox News contributor named Lisa Daftari burping out a chunk of crazy on Megyn Kelly's America Live Wednesday afternoon, with the main point being that a Fox News contributor said something crazy. What hasn't been discussed, perhaps because they take it for granted, is that Daftari's crazy and factually inaccurate statement about "sleeper cells" in Detroit went completely unchallenged by "hard news" anchor Megyn Kelly, who was more interested in Fairly and Balancedly talking about how Al Jazeera is "about to infiltrate America."...
- 2/21/2013
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
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