University Protects Student Who Issued Jihadist Death Threats Against Conservatives and Jews

newsrealblog.com ^ | 3/27/11 | Lisa Graas

Lisa Graas has covered politics and religion at her blog LisaGraas.com since 2008. She has served as a crisis pregnancy counselor, youth speaker, mental health advocate and legislative consultant

This popular post was originally published March 22, 2011.

I should have brought an M16…My blood is boiling…I want to shoot everyone in this room.

These are some of the terroristic words of McGill University (MU) student Haaris Khan, tweeted in reference to Conservatives, Libertarians and Jews. The following day he tweeted,

The jihad begins today.

Despite university policy which prohibits threats of violence, and with a police investigation underway, MU has opted to take no disciplinary action against the student and is now stoking fear about potential backlash if word gets out. When did anti-Semitism and jihadist death threats become protected speech at MU?

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