Islamophobia Scholar Farid Hafez Sues GWU for Smears
George Washington University “extremism” expert Lorenzo Vidino’s work helped spur a police raid on Farid Hafez. Then the terrorism charges fell apart.
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George Washington University “extremism” expert Lorenzo Vidino’s work helped spur a police raid on Farid Hafez. Then the terrorism charges fell apart.
Visiting Professor of Global Studies Farid Hafez is suing Lorenzo Vidino and George Washington University (GWU), among others, in a class action lawsuit for $10 million. The suit, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on March 24, alleges that Vidino, the director of the Program on Extremism at GWU, as well as other defendants, received compensation from the United Arab Emirates in exchange for “concoct[ing] and widely publiciz[ing] a false narrative accusing Hafez of terrorist ties and Muslim Brotherhood associations despite the fact that Hafez had no credib...
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Two cases cast unflattering light on Western journalists and academics who were allegedly manipulated by the UAE.
Farid Hafez, an Austrian political scientist, alleges GWU academic falsely claimed he was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood