Harvard looks to combat antisemitism, anti-Muslim bias after protests over war in Gaza

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Two task forces charged with proposing ways to combat anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and antisemitism at Harvard University have delivered their preliminary recommendations to the school’s interim president. School officials say the recommendations issued Wednesday focus on more than a dozen areas needing quick action.

FILE - People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. Two task forces charged with proposing ways to combat anti-Muslim, anti-Arab, and anti-Palestinian bias and antisemitism at Harvard University have delivered their preliminary recommendations to Harvard interim president Alan Garber. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

The recommendations follow a tough academic year for the university that ended with student protests over Harvard’s response to Israel’s war in Gaza. He said teaching students doesn’t mean sugarcoating conflict among peers, instructors, and future colleagues, neighbors, and friends. The task force also recommended a Harvard-wide audit of academic resources related to Islam, the Middle East, and Palestine studies, as well as Arab, Middle Eastern, and Islamic studies across the university’s faculties.

 

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