Muslim student made false allegations against Hindu teachers in US

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On Friday, October 22, the student-run Twitter account “Hindu on Campus” informed of a clumsy attempt by a former student named Maha Hasan Alshawi to unsuccessfully oust 3 Hindu professors from Dartmouth College in the United States, simply because they are Hindus. While dubbing it the ‘biggest Hindu-phobic scandal in Dartmouth history, the popular Twitter account showed how Alshawi attempted to implicate 3 professors simply because of their religious affiliation.

Maha Hasan Alshawi, a former PhD student in computer science at Dartmouth College between September 2019 and November 2020, alleged that his research advisor Alberto Quattrini Li entered his office without permission and touched his private part twice for 20 to 30 seconds in Her presence. She had accused her three professors in the computer science department, namely Deeparnab Chakrabarty, Amit Chakrabarti and Prasad Jayanti of “retaliation” and “discrimination on the basis of religion” for filing a complaint against her research advisor Li.

In her complaint, she claimed that Professor Jayanti refused to solve her problems, deliberately gave her a “low pass” mark and prevented her from taking a course in advanced algorithms. Maha Hasan Alshawi alleged that Professor Amit Chakrabarti did not continue as a research advisor and “forced” her to find a new supervisor by April 3, 2020. According to Maha Hasan Alshawi, this was retaliation unfavorable for having denounced his research adviser Alberto. Quattrini Li for “sexual misconduct”.

FIL: Did you know that a student filed a complaint against Hindu teachers at @Dartmouth just because they were Hindu?

You have not heard about it ? Our team investigated the biggest Hinduphobic scandal in Dartmouth history. #Hinduphobia #AcademicTwitter https://t.co/Bun38wjyVN

– Hindu On Campus (@hinduoncampus) October 22, 2021 Dartmouth students sweep over Hindus, accuse professors of hating Muslims

During the investigation, Director of Institutional Diversity and Equity (IDE) Antonio Ferrantino noted that Maha Hasan Alshawi made obscure remarks about the religious identity of Professors Deeparnab Chakrabarty, Amit Chakrabarti and Prasad Jayanti in an email dated June 16, 2020. She stated, “As I said before, (the respondent) Jayanti, (the respondent) Amit (Chakrabarti), Professor Deeparnab (Chakrabarty) and (the student 3) all belong to the same religion (Hindu), and they are all friends and colleagues. ”

Because Alshawi never made specific allegations against Professor Deeparnab Chakrabarty, Ferrantino urged Alshawi to disclose the specific allegations she was making against him.

Alshawi responded, in an email dated June 30, 2020,

– Hindu on campus (@hinduoncampus) October 22, 2021

Antonio Ferrantino had observed that no specific complaint had been filed against Professor Deeparnab Chakrabarty. Maha Hasan Alshawi then claimed that she was harassed because she was a Muslim. Although the director of IDE asked her to provide specific information about the alleged harassment, the complainant refused to provide information. “She said she believed Hindus liked to see Muslims being tortured, but there were no details. It was just his belief, ”said Antonio Ferrantino.

“I think they were helping [Respondent] Jayanti by abusing me because I am a muslim. Why do you think they mistreated me by threatening and penalizing me but did not mistreat anyone else? She told Antonio Ferrantino in an email. It thus became clear that the Muslim student’s belief that Hindu teachers hated her was the main motivation for hunting down Deeparnab Chakrabarty, Amit Chakrabarti and Prasad Jayanti.

Muslim student accused professor of being RSS member based on Indian source

Maha Hasan Alshawi further alleged that Professor Prasad Jayanti was a member of an “anti-Muslim organization called Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)”. She also claimed that he asked a graduate student (Student 3) to find out about his religion. “As to the report that Respondent Jayanti was a member of an anti-Muslim organization, there was not enough information to substantiate this allegation. Respondent Ferrantino noted that the only basis for the allegation was the complainant’s statement that she had heard of Respondent Jayanti’s membership “online from someone who lives in India”, it reads. in the conclusions.

15 / Alshawi also linked reduced communication with Professor Jayanti’s daughter (also a graduate student in computer science) and Student 3, his graduate student, following his various complaints about the professor’s attempts to isolate her within the department because that she was a muslim

– Hindu on campus (@hinduoncampus) October 22, 2021

She again declined to provide further information on the Indian source and her claims could not be verified with certainty. While investigating the allegation that Student 3 asked Student 3 to inquire about her religion, the report noted: “… there was not enough information to substantiate this. allegation. Student 3 denied having spoken with the complainant about her religion and also denied that the respondent Jayanti ever asked him to speak with the complainant about her religion. In addition, the complainant had no information to support her belief.

Impact on unsubstantiated allegations against Hindu teachers

Despite the final investigative report exonerating Professor Prasad Jayanti, he was attacked by radical Islamists who tweeted in favor of Maha Hasan Alshawi using the hashtag # justice4mahahasan. A radical Islamist (@wassimhds) shared Professor Jayanti’s profile link and encouraged hate speech against him as an “abusive Hindu scam”. As expected, he was attacked by strangers via email and Twitter. Distressed by the situation, Professor Jayanti filed a complaint with the Hanover Police Department on July 26 this year.

18 / On July 26, Professor Jayanti sent a communication from unknown people speaking on Alshawi’s behalf via email and Twitter which he considered threatening in nature, to the Hanover Police Department.

– Hindu on campus (@hinduoncampus) October 22, 2021

In its concluding tweets, Hindu on Campus wrote: “A summary of the situation: A student filed a complaint against a Hindu teacher for no other reason than“ Hindus love to see Muslims tortured ”and that he had just come from. Indian origin. It turned into a witch hunt for Hindu teachers and students who were harassed, intimidated and threatened with violence. “

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