Atlanta Journal-Constitution cites AIM activism in piece on Emory resignation

July 29, 2024

By Accuracy In Media

Emory University’s Muslim religious life scholar resigns

Emory University’s Muslim religious life scholar resigned Wednesday, a departure he said he planned in advance of being suspended while the school reviews comments he allegedly made that turned him into a target of a conservative watchdog group.

Isam Vaid worked with students through the private Atlanta school’s Office of Spiritual and Religious Life for 16 years. Emory suspended him July 3, the day after an account on X posted a video it said was recorded by an “undercover journalist” during an “investigation into radical Islamism and antisemitism present on America’s university campuses.”

Vaid on Wednesday resigned from his part-time role in a letter that also disputed the video recording, which he said “distorts and misconstrues my views.” The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations provided a copy of his resignation letter Thursday to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The nearly 9-minute video that led to his suspension consists of clips edited together and reportedly recorded in February while Vaid was unaware he was being filmed, according to the social media account @V24Investigates. The video was then referenced by Accuracy in Media, a self-described “watchdog organization with a particular focus on higher education,” as part of a campaign to force Vaid’s resignation.

In the video, Vaid allegedly said that Hamas “has been a humanitarian organization” that’s “been giving money to widows and… sending children to school and building hospitals.” He also allegedly said that “every single Israeli is obligated to serve” in the Israel Defense Forces and “therefore then you are a military target.”

Accuracy in Media said it was deploying a mobile billboard Wednesday to drive around the Emory campus and call attention to the Vaid situation. It’s a tactic the organization has used before at campuses across the nation “to fight antisemitism.”

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