University To Eliminate Courses About Jews So As Not To Alienate Muslims

Students already pursuing degrees for which such courses are a requirement will be given the opportunity to alter their degrees by taking courses on subjects such as Palestinian suffering.

San Francisco, June 25 – San Francisco State University has announced that in a bid to make the on-campus experience more welcoming for students of Muslim background, it will no longer offer courses that discuss the history, culture, practices, experiences, or presence of Jews.

A spokesman for the university told reporters today that as of the upcoming fall semester, SFSU has eliminated all classes that specifically examine Jewish material, sources, or matters, as part of the institution’s ongoing efforts to provide a safe space for students for whom exposure to such material would create a hostile environment.

“We are here to promote learning, and that requires an atmosphere conducive to learning,” declared Aiam Klulis, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Students.”Muslims students and their supporters have expressed many times how challenged they feel when confronted with the open tolerance they see around them for Jewish survival, prosperity, safety, and peoplehood. Taking those feelings into account, and realizing that sustained exposure to those phenomena inhibits our Muslim students’ confidence in their ability to engage their course material, the administration has voted to cancel all courses that explicitly or specifically cite Jewish experience, history, texts, or personalities as such.”

Students already pursuing degrees for which such courses are a requirement will be given the opportunity to alter their degrees by taking courses on subjects such as Palestinian suffering, the hierarchy of intersectionality, and seminars with anti-Israel activist Bassem Tamimi. Several of those courses will also be designated prerequisites for all incoming freshmen, announced Klulis.

Muslim students reacted with relief. “It’s been a tough couple of years,” confessed incoming junior Albiya Shahid, 20. “I can’t really put words to how difficult it’s been for me to encounter signs of Jewishness in various places on campus. They even have their own student association, can you imagine? My friends and I at Students for Justice in Palestine have been working all this time so this welcome change can happen, and it’s finally here.”

“Albiya is really the force behind this success,” credited her friend Wafa Nessess, 20, also a rising junior. “It’s a tribute to her dedication. She started a million petitions, and kept at it until finally our voices were heard.”

Nesses also pointed to the apparent momentum behind their cause in light of the Chicago LGBT March’s decision over the weekend not to allow Israeli symbols in the event lest it offend participants or spectators. It’s exciting to be a part of something so important, and to strike a blow for our rights,” she pronounced.

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