Pro-Hamas Prof Protests Suspension from Army War College

Sherifa Zuhur's grievance-mongering gets a supportive shoulder from CAIR.

March 9, 2009 - by Patrick Poole
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In a letter outlining several incidents of professional misconduct by Zuhur, SSI Director Douglas Lovelace said, “I have never before dealt with such blatant examples of disrespect and contempt for one’s supervisors and support staff. Nor have I encountered the level of obstreperousness you display in my 40 years as a supervisor.” He indicated that if she continued her public misinformation campaign against SSI and USAWC he would move to have her fired.

The appearance of CAIR into Zuhur’s grievance theater is hardly surprising given their consistent advocacy on behalf of Islamic terrorists and their supporters. In CAIR’s letter to USAWC, they demanded that the school implement its diversity and sensitivity training for all its employees and award financial compensation for Zuhur commensurate with the three to five year contract USAWC declined to offer her.

CAIR was named by federal prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspirator in the recent Holy Land Foundation terrorism finance trial, which concluded with guilty verdicts on all 108 counts against the defendants, including CAIR-Texas founder and board member Ghassan Elashi. During the trial, FBI Agent Lara Burns identified CAIR as a front for the terrorist group. As a result of the evidence presented at the trial documenting their long association with Hamas, the FBI has severed all ties with CAIR.

Apart from USAWC findings of professional misconduct, Sherifa Zuhur’s claims of censorship are all the more bizarre considering that SSI published her apologia for Hamas in December, which included an approving forward by SSI Director Lovelace — the same individual who informed her of her suspension.

However, the findings of professional misconduct at her grievance-mongering at USAWC virtually mirror her actions following the previous non-renewal of her contract at AUC in 2000. In both cases, her academics were insufficient for her to win contract renewal, which prompted her wild claims of religious, ethnic, and sexual discrimination that were eventually proven false. As with her public campaign directed at AUC leadership in 2000, her failure to secure reappointment at USAWC has prompted her to enlist the support of CAIR.

Zuhur must also be concerned about the potential future employment fallout concerning her close association with recently appointed National Intelligence Council chairman Chas Freeman, who is facing an investigation by the Office of Director of National Intelligence Inspector General’s office following reports of his ties and financial support by the Saudi and Chinese governments. Last April, Zuhur appeared on a panel sponsored by Freeman’s Saudi-supported Middle East Policy Council defending Hamas. Thus far there has been no discussion about the propriety of a USAWC professor speaking for a known front organization of the Saudi Kingdom.

In conclusion, USAWC’s predicament with Sherifa Zuhur is really a direct result of their strategic blindness. Not only has Zuhur engaged in this kind of professional misconduct before when her academic performance failed to meet AUC’s muster, but her grievance-mongering behavior should hardly be a surprise considering that her specialty is not Islamic studies and Middle East affairs, but gender and identity studies. That she has appealed to CAIR can hardly be unexpected considering her longtime open support for Hamas.

Hopefully, USAWC will refuse to knuckle under to Sherifa Zuhur and CAIR’s grievance-mongering. In light of her present suspension, it seems as if they can’t get Sherifa Zuhur out of the door quickly enough. Hopefully, they will learn from this incident by demonstrating greater prudence in selecting her successor

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Patrick Poole is a regular contributor to Pajamas Media, and an anti-terrorism consultant to law enforcement and the military.

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32 Comments

1. canuck:

They should heave the guy the hired her as well the individual that seems to think that “gender and identity studies” is of any value anywhere, let alone a war college.

The adage that the captain goes down with the ship…in this case a “pirate skiff”…needs to be enforced.

When you have “studies” such as these foo foo time wasters you have to wonder what has been left out of the curriculum in order to feminize war.

Mar 9, 2009 - 3:45 am 2. Craig:

“…and that that Hamas has been misunderstood…”

That is liberalism in one big nutshell. Mass murderers- why don’t you know- are ‘misunderstood’. If we could only sit down with them, reason with them, find some common ground…oh heck, can’t we all just get along?

Hamas is misunderstood.Ahmadinejad is misunderstood. Hezbollah is misunderstood. Abu Sayyaf, Jemaah Islamiah, and Kim Jong-Il…

…where the heck is my peace pipe dammit.

Mar 9, 2009 - 4:21 am 3. Leatherneck:

CAIR is an enemy of these United States of America. Hamas is a terrorist group. They can start teaching that at the war college.

Mar 9, 2009 - 4:47 am 4. Scott:

ha ha ha, her ridiculous antics have finally got her canned!

Hows the hunger strike going? I am willing to sew your lips shut to help out.

Mar 9, 2009 - 5:49 am 5. ked5:

Well, it’s about stinkin’ time.

Mar 9, 2009 - 6:07 am 6. MarkD:

I’m sure they can find her a position over at the State Department. Unfortunately, this is a serious comment.

Mar 9, 2009 - 6:54 am 7. Meryl:

At the time of your original article, identifying her and her role at the War College, I sent a respectful e-mail to the WC, asking if they refuted your observations and, if they did not, what they were going to do about it.

It would be interesting to know how much contact they got.

There is one thing about the American public: when things reach critical mass (think immigration reform two years ago), we certainly are able to make an impact.

We have a limited amount of time to get it down in the big picture and we don’t have time for stupid excess, arrogant ignorance or serious mistakes.

God help us to keep our heads about us as we proceed. Having said that, I don’t consider either calm or cute a priority.

Mar 9, 2009 - 8:15 am 8. deguello:

Wait a minute?Didn’t our formrer moron-in-chief,call Islam the “religion of peace”,what’s a Muslim doing teaching at a “War” college? Cognitive Dissonance Anyone?

Mar 9, 2009 - 9:29 am 9. seven:

Good riddance. We need an “honor” firing once in a while.

She can go meditate on “honor” killings.

Mar 9, 2009 - 9:44 am 10. Susan Katz Keating:

Why would her personal Imams even allow her to teach in the first place? Shouldn’t she be tucked away inside her husband’s compound, never to venture without escort? So we’ve established, then, that she’s a plant. Chalk one up for their side.

Mar 9, 2009 - 11:15 am 11. Barry 0351:

Sure thang Bubba’s yet there is a floggin’ Mosque at Quantico and that says it all, islam anyone? it’s coming and sanctioned by Uncle Obama.

Mar 9, 2009 - 11:31 am 12. tommyd:

It never hurts to understand where you enemy is coming from. As long as those taking her class understand who and what she stands for I see the whole thing as a way to get a better understanding of the other sides methods or thought process.

Just looking over her past shows they understand our society well enough to actually use our own laws for their benefit and expose the many weaknesses the west leaves themselves open to. (being PC is a fools game)
The Islamic way is to use our own laws & customs to their benefit to help them in infiltrating our society.
Whatever means available or necessary….
They can not hope to win on the material battlefield but in the war of minds they are a threat and are a enemy to fear.

Mar 9, 2009 - 11:38 am 13. Nina Carlotti:

And if you lived in Gaza, you’d be…what, a Likud supporter? If only the people who write these loud, ignorant comments could be transported to Gaza, just for a day.

Mar 9, 2009 - 12:39 pm 14. Meryl:

10…good point, Susan.

13…Nina, since we live in the United States of America, we will continue to use our freedom of speech on a daily basis. We’re willing to be educated if we’re wrong. (Just keep in mind we prefer factual, historical data and tested conclusions, not namecalling. I realize that may complicate things for you.)

I noticed you didn’t contribute anything to offset our “loud, ignorant comments”.

As I said, I addressed the War College respectfully and asked a simple question, and never got a reply of any kind.

However, now that they’ve cut this person loose, that does sort of answer my question. But now I see that, apparently, you have insights the War College doesn’t. Why don’t you contact them, and explain why they should rehire her?

Mar 9, 2009 - 2:10 pm 15. Alfredo:

CAIR is a terrorist front, a Trojan horse for the hateful islamists that want to penetrate America and destroy Israel.

Mar 9, 2009 - 2:51 pm 16. tommyd:

#13 Nina Carlotti:

And if you lived in Gaza, you’d be…what, a Likud supporter? If only the people who write these loud, ignorant comments could be transported to Gaza, just for a day.

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But somehow it is just fine that Hamas sits in Gaza and day after day, month after month, year after year fire rockets into Israel.

Mar 9, 2009 - 3:12 pm 17. tommyd:

13. Nina Carlotti:

And if you lived in Gaza, you’d be…what, a Likud supporter? If only the people who write these loud, ignorant comments could be transported to Gaza, just for a day.
_________________________________________________________________________

But it just fine for Hamas to sit in Gaza and day after day month after month year after year fire rockets into Israel.

Mar 9, 2009 - 3:15 pm 18. scott:

Obviously the Clinton Generals still hold much sway. At least as far as the USAWC in concerned. Sickening.

Why didn’t Bush root out these traitors? Could it be because he was completely uninformed? Nooooooo. Not GWB.

Mar 9, 2009 - 4:02 pm 19. bruce:

tom i would love to sit in an m-1A tank in side gaza and blast the crap out of them

Mar 9, 2009 - 4:02 pm 20. Oscar the Grump:

Her again, she’s as bad as octomom.

Mar 9, 2009 - 4:56 pm 21. BG N. C. Vail, USA ( Ret):

The AWC should fire the person(s) who hired her

without proper review of her background. N.C.

Vail. ( 817 ) 451 1949.

Mar 9, 2009 - 6:07 pm 22. Snippy Sizzorlip:

It is inconceivable that a moslem would be allowed to work in the Army War College or any government or military institution. Deport this mole to Gaza where she belongs.

-Snippy 

Mar 9, 2009 - 6:27 pm 23. Patrick Poole:

Thank you for your comment, Gen. Vail. Army leadership needs to be made aware of what’s happening at USAWC. This is the tip of the iceberg.

Mar 9, 2009 - 7:29 pm 24. Marc Malone:

#13 Nina Carlotti – Who’d be stupid enough to live in Gaza? Oh, right. Palestinians.

Mar 10, 2009 - 1:38 am 25. Lilith:

Have you spent a day in Gaza, Nina? I’d love to hear your impressions – what you saw, who you spoke to, who invited you to visit – please, do enlighten us.

Mar 10, 2009 - 9:37 am 26. deguello:

#18 Scott: No, because he was a halfwit : didn’t the former moron -in- chief tell us that islam was a religion of peace? He actually believed it!

Mar 10, 2009 - 5:56 pm 27. fred:

“Why would her personal Imams even allow her to teach in the first place? Shouldn’t she be tucked away inside her husband’s compound, never to venture without escort?”

Ever hear of the Islamic practice of taqiyya? It means deception, and it is allowed in the jihad. Devout Muslims dedicated to jihad may live in the West and look and behave completely secularized. Inwardly, they retain their fierce core of dedication to fighting the infidels. One of the most effective ways they do this is by matriculating within the Western Left and agitating against the U.S. and Israel by employing the language of political correctness and cultural Marxism. Use their Western cool appearance to win over kafirs, while not alerting people to their real agenda.

This woman is engaging in the practice of dezinformatzia (Communist)and mating it with taqiyya. She will eventually land back in her homeland and resume her assigned role in Islamic society. But these people will keep trying. They do it by carefully placing people in our country and their favorite place to initially land them is to place them in academia.

Mar 10, 2009 - 7:07 pm 28. deguello:

#27:It works because of the huge numbers of us -hating “useful idiots” in academia,the massmedia,and hollywood.

Mar 11, 2009 - 9:27 am 29. Sandra:

How the hell did she get hired in the first place? THAT’S the question that should be answered. Looking at her track record, and her previous difficulties with her employers should have been a deal killer. There’s more to this story than meets the eye. Is she even a US citizen?

Mar 12, 2009 - 12:33 pm 30. Frog:

In all fairness, it’s about time Sherifa Zuhur went to Gaza to give a lecture at Al-Azhar Islamic University about Likud to all the innocent students of the religion of peace.

Mar 12, 2009 - 2:52 pm 31. Rubicon:

Perhaps, before hiring someone, the USAWC should spend some real time vetting the individual & their potential contribution (or potential disinformation chaos), capabilities.
I find it difficult to believe someone had not vetted her to the point they looked at her track record. Which leads me to the conclusion someone in the HR area has been making sure those “they want” are being installed in positions that enable a campaign to destroy from within.
If any one of us had the track record she has, we would never have been hired for the position.
Then again, perhaps the WC wanted to have an example of the sinister capabilities of those pushing the disinformation campaigns at us?
Still, the hassle is not worth it & lets be real here, we have more important issues to deal with rather than her imaginary offended hurt feelings.

Mar 12, 2009 - 4:59 pm 32. Paul -Indiana:

See #29. I wondered why this sounded so familiar. It’s the same questions people are asking about Obama.

Mar 13, 2009 - 8:52 am

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