Karma Strike Backs! Indian-origin Professors who runs petitioned against PM Modi, now under scanner for endorsing anti-Semitism in US university
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At the time when US universities are witnessing a sharp rise in anti-Semitism , now Indian-origin Professors working in University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, has now came under scanner for endorsing anti-Semitism in US university.Ania Loomba, Suvir Kaul and Toorjo Ghose are the three Indian-origin Professors.
It must be mentioned that the University of Pennsylvania was one of the co-sponsors of the three-day Hinduphobic conference titled ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva (DGH),’ organised in September 2021. The event denied the existence of Hinduphobia and downplayed the concerns of the Hindu community.
This comes after, two Jewish students studying filed a lawsuit against the varsity for failing to stop anti-Semitism on campus and violating their civil rights.
Professor Ania Loomba played a central role in a recent controversial pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Pennsylvania. She openly supports the @BDSmovement, organized the @dghconference, and successfully lobbied Wharton School to cancel a lecture by PM Modi.
— Hindu American Foundation (@HinduAmerican) October 26, 2023
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The lawsuit stated that “(Penn) has transformed itself into incubation lab for virulent anti-Jewish hatred, harassment and discrimination.” The two Jewish students, identified as Eyal Yakoby and Jordan Davis, pointed out how some students and Professors have demonised the Jewish State of Israel.
“Penn Against the Occupation (“PAO”), a new anti-Israel student group, called on Penn to divest from Israeli companies, and terminate contracts with companies that “enable” Israel. PAO asserted that Israel, which has “genocidal, racist foundations,” was engaged in “ongoing ethnic cleansing” and “an ongoing project of settler colonialism that depends on the marginalization and incremental destruction of Palestinian life.”
The statement was signed by twenty-nine groups and over three hundred members of the Penn community, including professors Ania Loomba, Suvir Kaul, Chi-ming Yang, David Kazanjian, Meta Mazaj, and Toorjo Ghose.
Coincidentally, the same three Professors were involved in the cancellation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s talk at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania about a decade ago. In 2013. when the Narendra Modi, who was then the Chief Minister of Gujarat, was invited as a Speaker at the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) in Philadelphia. The event was organised primarily by the student community at Wharton.At that time, Professors Ania Loomba, Suvir Kaul and Toorjo Ghose wrote a ‘strong letter’ against Modi to the Wharton administration.
Lets enter the rabbit hole: ANIA LOOMBA is a prof of English @Penn , infamously known for masterminding
— Rajiv Malhotra (@RajivMessage) October 21, 2023
1. the ban on Modi on @Penn campus
2. the Dismantling Global Hindutva conference
3. @BillAckman Loomba now leads antisemitic protests at @Penn pic.twitter.com/8ufLYP5Wkl
The letter read, “This is the same politician who was refused a diplomatic visa by the United States State Department on March 18, 2005, on the ground that he, as Chief Minister, did nothing to prevent a series of orchestrated riots that targeted Muslims in Gujarat.”
The Indian-origin Professors were also able to secure the signatures of 250 people. This was despite the fact that the independent Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted by the Supreme Court of India, gave a clean chit to Narendra Modi in the ‘2002 Gujarat riots case’ in April 2012. Given that the event at Wharton was scheduled for March 2013, it meant that the Indian-origin Professors and the Penn University leadership were privy to the development 11 months ago.