US Congressman Rick Allen: ‘Do you want Columbia University to be cursed by God of the Bible?’

Описание: US Congressman Rick Allen asked Columbia University President Minouche Shafik if she was concerned that God might “curse” the university during a House hearing on antisemitism at Columbia University on 17 April.

Allen posed the question after he quoted a passage from the Bible that says God will curse those who curse Israel and said that he personally views Jerusalem as the “centre of the universe”.

He later suggested the university should create a course teaching students about the Bible so they can learn about “the wrath of God” and accused the university’s professors of “indoctrinating” students that don’t know they “will be cursed by God”.

US university campuses have become battlegrounds for pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protests in the months following 7 October and have sparked antisemitism allegations as well as accusations that free speech was being suppressed. On 17 April, students set up a camp at the Columbia University campus to protest against Israel’s occupation of Palestine, which was forcefully removed by police. The protest has since inspired ongoing demonstrations at other campuses in the US.

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