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01/24/2003 Archived Entry: "Pro-Israeli expert's appearance at York blocked"

CONCORDIA II: Daniel Pipes is being barred from speaking at a York University student centre next week over fears of rioting like that which greeted Benjamin Netanyahu at Concordia University some months ago.

"But the university administration said Thursday it is considering whether it can find another place on campus for Daniel Pipes, who has been invited by the Jewish Student Federation at York, to speak at an open event next week.

"Mr. Pipes, a Middle East expert and director of the Middle East Forum, is described in his biography as 'one of the few analysts who understood the threat of militant Islam.' He is the creator of Campus Watch, a controversial Web site that details what he calls pervasive anti-American and anti-Israeli sentiments on college campuses across the United States."

If you're looking to find freedom of speech the last place you should be is at a university.