{"id":2227579,"date":"2024-04-22T19:01:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T23:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-columbia-president-after-9-11-said-terrorism-is-a-form-of-protesting\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T19:04:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T23:04:31","slug":"flashback-columbia-president-after-9-11-said-terrorism-is-a-form-of-protesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-columbia-president-after-9-11-said-terrorism-is-a-form-of-protesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Recall: Columbia President Described Terrorism as a Form of Protest post-9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflashback-columbia-president-after-9-11-said-terrorism-is-a-form-of-protesting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2227579&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two months post-9\/11, Columbia University President Minouche\u200d Shafik \u200dcontroversially referred to terrorism as a form of\u200c protest against system failures. Despite\u200d condemning extremist views, she\u2063 highlighted societal sympathy for terrorists due to economic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-says-biggest-domestic-terror-threats-in-2021-are-violent-extremists-motivated-by-race-or-anti-authority-views\/\" title=\"FBI Says Biggest Domestic Terror Threats in 2021 Are Violent Extremists Motivated by Race or Anti-Authority Views\">political grievances<\/a>. The remarks sparked calls for her resignation amidst concerns of anti-Semitic incidents on campus.\u2064 Shafik&#8217;s views resonated with defenses of violent\u2062 acts against Israel, fueling a heated debate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Just two months after the September 11 terrorist attack on the United States, Columbia University\u2019s president <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minouche Shafik remarked that terrorism was a \u201cform of protesting against a system,\u201d according to a video unearthed by The Daily Wire. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shafik, who was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a> at the World Bank at the time, was asked about the economic roots of terrorism in developing countries during <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OGacecCU3S8\">an event<\/a> with the University of California-Berkeley\u2019s Institute of International Studies. While she condemned \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-senator-raphael-warnock-under-investigation-for-voter-registration-misconduct-reports\/\" title=\"Democrat Senator Raphael Warnock Under Investigation For Voter Registration Misconduct: Reports\">extreme views<\/a>\u201d held by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-border-threat-so-taboo-that-few-dare-speak-of-it\/\" title=\"A Border Threat So Taboo That Few Dare Speak Of It\">terrorist groups<\/a>, she said the reason they are popular is because terrorism is a \u201cprotest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You\u2019ll always have individuals who will have extreme views,\u201d Shafik said at the November 2001 event, \u201cbut what\u2019s really troubling in the region is that there\u2019s actually quite a broad base of society which has some sympathy for the terrorists, not so much because they approve of their methods, but it\u2019s a form of protesting against a system which is not delivering for them on the economic or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-american-group-on-essential-race-concept-racist-repressive-discriminatory\/\" title=\"Chinese-American Group On Essential Race Concept: \u2018Racist, Repressive, Discriminatory\u2019\">political front<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FLASHBACK: At an event just two months after 9\/11, Columbia University&#8217;s current president Minouche Shafik remarked that terrorism &#8220;is a form of protesting&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UkSP4iqDZu\">pic.twitter.com\/UkSP4iqDZu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brent Scher (@BrentScher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrentScher\/status\/1782522243978789237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She also added that \u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">economic stagnation and political authoritarianism\u201d create \u201cfertile ground on which terrorist seeds can flourish.\u201d Video of the full event can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OGacecCU3S8\">viewed here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who has led calls for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/stefanik-leads-new-york-gop-delegation-in-demanding-resignation-of-columbia-universitys-president\">Shafik to resign<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-university-moves-to-remote-learning-as-campus-rancor-puts-jewish-students-on-edge\">anti-Semitic demonstrations take over<\/a> the Ivy League campus, told The Daily Wire that she believes this view of terrorism is <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">informing her response to the chaotic anti-Israel protests taking place under her watch at Columbia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This video of Columbia University President Dr. Minouche Shafik saying she can understand why people sympathize with terrorists right after 9\/11, and calling it a form of protest, is just further evidence that placating the pro-Hamas unsanctioned mob currently taking over Columbia is part of her core beliefs,\u201d Stefanik said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cShafik must either immediately resign or be fired by Columbia\u2019s Board,\u201d Stefanik said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Columbia spokesman told The Daily Wire that Shafik condemns terrorism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPresident Shafik condemns terrorism, full stop,\u201d spokesman Ben Chang said. \u201cTo intimate otherwise is dangerous and a complete misrepresentation of what she said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shafik\u2019s 2001 comments echo the sentiment professed by defenders of the Hamas terrorist massacre on October 7 that left more than a thousand Israelis dead. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) a day after the attack, for example, said that Israel\u2019s \u201cblockade\u201d and \u201coccupation\u201d of Gaza led to the terrorist attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe path to that future must include lifting the blockade, ending the occupation, and dismantling the apartheid system that creates the suffocating, dehumanizing conditions that can lead to resistance,\u201d Tlaib said. \u201cThe failure to recognize the violent reality of living under siege, occupation, and apartheid makes no one safer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">House Republicans, including Stefanik, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/stefanik-leads-new-york-gop-delegation-in-demanding-resignation-of-columbia-universitys-president\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">demanded Shafik resign<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  in a Monday letter, citing the anarchy and anti-Semitism erupting on the New York City Ivy League school\u2019s campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOver the past few days, anarchy has engulfed the campus of Columbia University,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cAs the leader of this institution, one of your chief objectives, morally and under law, is to ensure students have a safe learning environment. By every measure, you have failed this obligation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe situation unfolding on campus right now is a direct product of your policies and misguided decisions,\u201d they added. \u201cAs Representatives from the State of New York, many of our constituents are directly impacted by the unfolding chaos on Columbia\u2019s campus. Based on these recent events and your testimony in front of Congress, we have no confidence in your leadership of this once esteemed institution.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During her testimony last week \u2014 while the \u201cGaza Solidarity Encampment\u201d was just beginning \u2014 Shafik said anti-Semitism has \u201cno place on our campus\u201d and that she was \u201ccommitted to do everything I can do to confront it directly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since last week, the encampment on Columbia\u2019s campus has been the scene of antisemitic chants, arrests by NYPD officers, and heightened tensions. Despite nearly 100 students initially being arrested and others suspended, the Columbia administration has decided to move classes virtually and let the encampment continue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Columbia sent a campus-wide announcement on Sunday announcing new safety measures, including more security guards, improved ID checks, and more security for The Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life during Passover \u2014 which will begin Monday night. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two months post-9\/11, Columbia University\u2019s president Minouche Shafik shared that terrorism was a &#8220;form of protesting against a system,&#8221; as revealed in a video reported by The Daily Wire. 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