Promoting Salafism At The Ivy Leagues

Via this posting at Weasel Zippers, we note that Princeton University has a professor shilling for fundamental Islam:

Bernard Haykel [Princeton Professor of Near Eastern Studies], an expert on Islam, told Sheela Bhatt in the first part of an exclusive interview that the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 26, 2008, will be the basis for similar strikes in the future.

In this, the second part of his interview, Haykel, who among other things is defending the legal and human rights of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the prime accused in the 9/11 attacks, talks about Al Qaeda's appeal among Muslims, and how it can be contained.

....Some of Al Qaeda's claims are correct. They have appropriated many of the arguments of Marxists, of the anti-colonial and Third World movement, like social justice, transparency and better government and less brutalisation. At one level their arguments are quite appealing, like their argument on anti-globalisation and environment. Some of Al Qaeda's arguments are legitimate....

Princeton has surely departed from the intent of its founders:

The history of Princeton goes back to its establishment by "New Light" Presbyterians; Princeton was originally intended to train Presbyterian ministers. It opened at Elizabeth, New Jersey, under the presidency of Jonathan Dickinson as the College of New Jersey. Its second president was Aaron Burr, Sr.; the third was Jonathan Edwards.

Theologian Jonathan Edwards is most famous for his role in the Great Awakening and his sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

(Crossposted to THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS)