Trump administration threatens to cut funding for universities' Middle East Studies program that promotes 'positive aspects of Islam'

The Trump administration has threatened to cut funding from a Middle East Studies program operated by Duke University and the University of North Carolina in part because it allegedly places emphasis on the"positive aspects of Islam" without promoting Christianity or Judaism.

If the program does not alter its course selections by September 22, it could lose future access to National Resource Center funds, the letter said. The program received $235,000 from the grant last year. "In your activities for elementary and secondary students and teachers, there is a considerable emphasis placed on the understanding the positive aspects of Islam, while there is an absolute absence of any similar focus on the positive aspects of Christianity, Judaism, or any other religion or belief system in the Middle East," theis not meeting legal requirement that National Resource Centers 'provide a full understanding of the areas, regions, or countries.

The letter also asked for clarity about why 6,791 students were listed as enrolled in Middle Eastern Studies courses but only 960 were reported as taking Middle Eastern language classes. Since 1991, the government has sought to encourage college students to study"non-Western" languages including Arabic, Hebrew and Kurdish by offering scholarships and job opportunities"designed to serve the needs of U.S.

Hope he does; quickly. No American schools should be promoting islam, in any degree.

Universities should stop this bias.. You ban Prayer, Bible from campuses and then promote the religion that intends to eliminate Jews and Christians

Good we don't want that Islam CRAP!!!

Good news! These kids who pay tens of thousands of dollars to attend the leftists indoctrination system leave college knowning more about Islam than their own country.

And next black history

Swampcreatures

betobe14999808 Wow, Republicans even making other countries dumber. Honestly, how did I not see this coming.

Speechless

Saudi Arabia, we will send our young men to die in your wars, but will not fund or youth to hear you being spoken off in positive terms. What did we say?

Hope they don’t rely on Arabic numerals.

There shall be no freedom of thought or studies in TrumpAmerica !

Whatever, gurl!

I guess that includes the history of Jesus.

Every university that is threatened this way should commence teaching courses on government corruption. For free.

While sending troops to Saudi Arabia.

betobe14999808 WHAT?!?!? So he is going to interfere with the Education & Religion Of Another Nation On Behalf Of Americans That Is Not American or Democracy‼️⚖️💙🗽💙🌊💙🤨

Again, Trump is pandering to his racist base.

The actual concern was a lack of fairness and balance. So we respond by not accurately addressing real concerns? How in the world does that solve anything? Again use straw man fallacy to attack views they did not have rather than have real journalism.

DOOOOOO IT!! THEY CAN GO TO THE MIDDLE EAST TO LEARN THAT!!

Next they will get rid of women's studies and black studies.

I have always been against that - convert or die ultimatum.

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