The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) Office of Civil Rights is investigating Emory University in Atlanta for alleged anti-Muslim discrimination on campus.
The survey comes as college campuses across the U.S. are engulfed by destructive, chaotic, and often violent anti-Israel protests, with many Jewish students fleeing campus or taking shelter fearing for their safety. There is no choice left.
The DOE investigation comes after the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) and the Palestine Legal Department filed a civil rights lawsuit against the school on behalf of Emory Students for Palestine Justice. It was done.
The group claims Palestinian, Arab and Muslim students have endured intense harassment, intimidation and discrimination on campus and online, being called “terrorists” and “fake Muslims.” The students claim they were carrying flyers listing the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, or that they were torn up or thrown in trash cans.
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Students sing during an anti-Israel protest at Emory University in Atlanta on April 25. (Ilya Nouverge/AFP via Getty Images)
“The past six months at Emory University have been difficult for Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim students. We want the Department of Education to do what Emory University has failed to do. Masu. [to] By properly investigating our reports of bias, listening to our voices, and holding Emory accountable, we can safely advocate for Palestinian rights without fear for our safety on campus. ,” a Palestinian Emory justice student said in a release from CAIR-Georgia. “No student should ever feel as alienated, intimidated, and unsafe as we have felt. We are here to learn, and not to be intimidated, harassed, or threatened. should be able to learn peacefully without[x]They were chosen by Edward simply because they were Palestinians, Muslims, Arabs, or supporters of Palestinian rights. ”
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Emory University said it had received complaints from the DOE and would respond, but said it could not discuss public investigations.
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Similarly, the Department of Energy acknowledged the investigation but told Fox News Digital that it “does not comment further on pending investigations.”
CAIR-Georgia, an organization whose top chapter officials said they were “delighted” to have witnessed the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel, praised the Energy Department’s investigation into Emory.
“Despite repeated requests for help from universities, students continue to suffer in unsafe and unwelcoming learning environments without any redress,” CAIR Georgia State Executive Director Azka Mahmoud said in a press release. is unconscionable.” “We hope this investigation will lead Emory University officials to address the harassment and systemic discrimination faced by Palestinian, Muslim, and Arab students.”
The Department of Energy’s investigation into anti-Muslim discrimination comes as students and outside agitators frequently stage violent anti-Israel camps at universities across the United States.
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At Emory, at least 28 people were arrested during recent demonstrations on the Emory Quad. The school said the police department had “issued trespass warnings to six individuals suspected of recent vandalism on campus,” and added, “We can confirm that none of these individuals are associated with Emory or her. I have confirmed it.”
Video taken on campus showed police armed with Tasers, tear gas and pepper balls attempting to subdue the violent anti-Israel agitators.
Former FBI special agent and Fox News contributor Nicole Parker says the Department of Energy is investigating allegations of anti-Muslim discrimination on the Emory campus, not anti-Semitism, because current federal criminal investigations under the Biden administration He said it is exactly the same as the judicial system.
“When it comes to investigating members of the liberal progressive movement, the FBI and the Department of Justice seem to be largely turning a blind eye,” Parker told Fox News Digital. “And yet they bring down the hammer on conservative people.”
Parker stressed that he could not speak for the DOE, but said the federal criminal justice system generally “chooses who it protects.”
“The FBI maintains that the violent and dangerous acts against Jews on college campuses over the past few weeks are simply an exercise in First Amendment rights,” Parker said. “If those activities aren’t civil rights violations and hate crimes, then I don’t know what is.”
She pointed to the FBI’s definition of a hate crime. The FBI defines hate crimes on its website as “criminal crimes against persons or property that are motivated in whole or in part by the offender’s bias against race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity.” ” is defined.
The university claims all of the arrested protesters are not part of the school community.
When previously contacted by Fox News Digital about anti-Israel and often blatant anti-Semitic demonstrations on college campuses, the FBI issued the following statement:
“The FBI is in close contact with our state and local law enforcement partners and, as is normal practice, will share any information regarding potential threats. Respecting the right to the peaceful exercise of federal rights, the FBI investigates individuals who violate federal law through violence or other criminal acts.”
Professor Parker urges students who feel they have been the victim of a hate crime to contact the FBI by calling 1-800-CALL-FBI or by submitting a tip online at tips.fbi.gov ).
She said, “Hold them accountable.”
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“In our blessed country, freedom of speech is recognized by the First Amendment, but violence, threats of terrorism, and acts of vandalism are not. In fact, these are serious crimes and are above the law. They should be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible,” she said.
Fox News Digital reached out to Emory Students for Justice for Palestine but has not yet received a response.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman and Timothy Nerozzi contributed to this report.
