Officials at two universities run by radical jihadist terrorist groups, Iran’s public Tehran University and Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Sanaa University, were reprimanded this week for supporting the terrorist group Hamas in the United States and Europe. students were encouraged to enroll.
Violent “encampment” occupations and other disorderly activities have erupted on campuses across the country, most notably at Columbia University in New York, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Northwestern University in major cities. It is a university located in a traditionally left-wing area. Chicago.
Columbia University students are participating in an ongoing pro-Palestinian camp on campus following the arrest of more than 100 protesters last week in New York City on April 26, 2024. At a growing number of university campuses across the country, student protesters are setting up tents in schoolyards, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and for schools to divest from Israeli businesses. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
Protesters are opposing Israeli self-defense actions in the Gaza Strip, home to Hamas, following atrocities committed by Hamas members, including UN staff, on October 7. Hamas terrorists killed an estimated 1,200 people and abducted and assaulted about 250 others. The incident involved infanticide, gang rape, and widespread torture, but student protesters have not condemned these acts.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) entered Hamas-controlled Gaza on October 7, disabling the terror group’s ability to repeat its genocidal attacks, enraging Hamas’ allies such as Iran and Turkey, and prompting minimal protests. prompted international left-wing condemnation of Israel. In some cases, recognize the gravity of the violence of October 7th.
As of Friday, police had arrested more than 2,000 people on charges of violence and vandalism on campuses across the country. The protests have affected 43 universities so far, according to the Associated Press.
Police arrest protesters during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the City University of New York (CUNY) as the NYPD cracks down on both Columbia University and CCNY protest camps, April 30, 2024, in New York City (Spencer Pratt /Getty Images).
Brown University announced Thursday that it would consider withdrawing from projects in Israel, a central demand of the occupiers, becoming the first university to cede to the protests.
Shiraz University, a public institution in Iran, announced on Wednesday that any American or European protester who faces academic repercussions for supporting Hamas can apply for a Shiraz University scholarship, allowing more holy Invitations have also been extended to professors seeking a warrior-oriented campus. On Thursday, Tehran University, a large university, made a similar appeal to pro-Hamas Westerners.
According to Iranian state propaganda, Seyyed Mahmoud Aghamili, president of Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University, said on Thursday that the university was accepting students who had been expelled from European and American universities in protest against Zionist actions. Ta. press tv. “We are considering scholarships for these students and will cover the full cost of their education, boarding and lodging.”
Agamiri said the invitation specifically applied to “Palestinian students whose lives have been affected” by “the alleged Israeli invasion.”
Similarly, in Yemen, in a statement to Reuters published on Friday, an unnamed Sana’a University official said that an American who had been suspended by the university for supporting jihadist terrorism would not be admitted to the university. He said he offered.
“We are serious about accepting students who have been suspended from American universities for supporting Palestinians,” the anonymous official said. Said. “We are fighting this battle with Palestine in every way possible.”
Sanaa University issued a statement this week accusing the American university of “suppressing freedom of expression” and, in some cases, threatening others on campus, destroying property, and disrupting regular final exams. denounced the government’s approval of police measures to remove violent protesters. End of term season.
Sanaa University, located in the occupied capital, is currently under the control of the Iranian-backed Shiite terrorist group Ansarullah, commonly known as the “Houthis” after the group’s leader. The Houthis conquered Sanaa in 2014, ousting Yemen’s legitimate government and forcing the government to move to the southern city of Aden as the civil war continues.
The Houthis have played an important role in the post-October 7 geopolitical situation by launching terrorist activities in the Red Sea and threatening all ships and other vessels in the region. The Houthis have launched attacks against dozens of ships, many of them commercial vessels with no significant ties to Israel, and in some cases to Houthi allies such as Iran, Russia and China.
A screen capture taken from the video shows the cargo ship ‘Galaxy Leader’, co-owned by an Israeli company, hijacked by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthis in the Red Sea on November 20, 2023 ( Photo courtesy of Houthi Media Center/Handout/) Anadolu (via Getty Images).
Both the Houthi terrorists and the Iranian government that supports them are extremely repressive, particularly targeting potentially rebellious youth. The past decade has seen repeated outbreaks of student protests against the Islamic extremist regime in Iran, most recently following the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman detained on suspicion of misconduct by Iran’s “morality police.” A wave of protests arose. Wearing the hijab properly.
Human rights groups say Iranian authorities killed More than 500 people, many of them students, protested in the name of Mahsa Amini. At least 70 of these people are believed to have been children.
In Yemen, the massive intervention imposed by the Houthis on Sanaa University also targeted the freedom of women on campus. In July, Houthi terrorists forced universities to separate class schedules so that male and female students were not on campus at the same time.
“According to a decision circulated by the Houthi-backed university’s student union, male students must report to the university on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays, while female students must attend on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. ” said the Arab.news report In July.
The newspaper quoted Houthi leader Mohammed Ali al-Houthi as saying, “The move is in line with the wishes of the female students, as they have humility, pride, and high Islamic values.” He reportedly said that it was a “thing”.
