March 27, 2007

Washington Times on Al Jazeerah.info, Jawa

The Washington Time's Inside Politics secion includes a nod to yours truly and the rest of the gang at The Jawa Report. Finally, Andy Warholl makes good on his promise to me! I've been waiting years for my 15 minutes. Thanks to Greg Pierce for including it in the Inside Politics section:

In April 2003, The Washington Times first reported that a faculty member at Dalton (Ga.) State College operates the Al-Jazeerah anti-war Web site (aljazeerah.info, which is not affiliated with the Arab-language TV news channel Al Jazeera).

Last week, Texas blogger Rusty Shackleford (mypetjawa.mu.nu) was surprised to learn that Hassan A. El-Najjar is still running the site, which Mr. Shackleford said "openly supports terrorism, conspiracy theories, and is anti-Semitic.

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Mr. Shackleford sent an e-mail to James Burran, president of the college, and received a reply, saying that Mr. El-Najjar "is careful not to interject his political or religious views in the classroom." "The Web site to which you refer is the product of Dr. El-Najjar's own time and effort, and is in no way supported by Dalton State College," Mr. Burran wrote in the e-mail. "We cannot abridge the constitutional rights of any individual, including freedom of expression, even when we do not agree with it." Mr. Shackleford's reaction: "Can you say, cop-out? Not totally unexpected, though. ... You know, academic freedom trumps sympathy to the enemies of the United States."
Texas blogger? Well I suppose Arlen is in Texas. I prefer to think of myself as an interstellar blogger. Tatooine, after all, is still in the Cygnus system.
By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 02:03 PM | |