That doesn't mean Al-Arian isn't the criminal mastermind behind a vast Palestinian conspiracy yaddayadda, but when the guy goes on and on about "secret information" from "an Israeli informant working within the militant Palestinian Islamic Jihad from 1990-1995, before being killed" (how convenient) and then concludes "No reasonable person can doubt that Professor Al-Arian is a member of an international terrorist organization," it just sounds strange to me.
Personally, I think Al-Arian ought to be fired from his post. Had he made the kinds comments against African Americans that he did against Israelis, he would have been just a dim memory by now. I don't see that the state of Florida or the University of South Florida is obligated to keep someone like that on the payroll.
And it isn't necessary for USF to determine that Al-Arian is a terrorist in order to accomplish that.
IMHO this goes without saying. Will have the side benefit of demonstrating to our academic enemies that they are not immune from reprisal themselves, could help conservative students get a break from their indoctrination sessions (oops, I mean classes).
I agree that his stuff sounds a little strange, but I thought that the TV news looked a little strange on 9/11 (took me 2 hours to be sure it wasn't a movie). Since that date I have been cautious about dismissing things that sound a little strange. (Of course things that sound waaay strange, that is differrent).