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Columbia President Condemns Terrorism 'Full Stop' After Video Surfaces of Her Calling it 'Form of Protesting'
MSN ^ | April 22 | Bradford Betz

Posted on 04/23/2024 1:45:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway

As Columbia University President Dr. Nemat "Minouche" Shafik faces scrutiny from ongoing campus protests over Israel’s war with Hamas, a more than 20-year-old video is getting renewed attention for remarks on the causes of terrorism.

The video, filmed just two months after 9/11, shows Shafik – who was then vice president at the World Bank – discussing the economic roots of terrorism with UC Berkeley’s Harry Kreisler on the program, "Conversations with History."

Shafik argued that although terrorism has sprung up in "fairly rich and open societies," its most fertile ground is in countries beset by "economic stagnation and political authoritarianism."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: columbia; harrykreisler; minoucheshafik; nematshafik; newyork; newyorkcity; ucberkeley; worldbank
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To: ckilmer

In Seattle, after the BLM crap that they let go on, “de-policing” became public policy. And now everyone wonders why crime has increased and they can’t hire enough cops.

Although things are starting to change with a new mayor and city council that has pushed things to the right just slightly.


21 posted on 04/23/2024 9:59:30 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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