Case Study of Northwestern University: How Qatar Fuels Campus Extremism in the United States – Middle East Forum

And from a statement by The Coalition Against Antisemitism at Northwestern (CAAN); CAAN "is shocked but not surprised by revelations from the Middle East Forum (MEF): Northwestern University currently employs Ibrahim Abusharif, a professor who co-founded and served as treasurer of the Quranic Literacy Institute — a group a federal jury found liable for laundering over $1 million to Hamas, with a $156 million judgment in the Boim terrorism financing case.  Abusharif teaches the mandatory “Doha Seminar” for all American exchange students at Northwestern’s Qatar campus. Further, House testimony released last week confirmed Northwestern has extended Gaza professor Mkhaimar Abusada’s contract through August 2026.  As the Free Beacon reported in May 2025, Abusada maintains direct ties to Hamas and the PFLP.... At Northwestern’s Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, his appointment stems from the Deering Meadow Agreement, which was negotiated in part by Professor Jessica Winegar, a Qatar-endowed academic who has worked closely with the Qatari government through NU-Q since 2012. Abusada also serves at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, where according to FDD, the IDF discovered Hamas tunnels, weapons, and rocket launchers on the campus.  Northwestern thus employs a professor connected to an institution actively used by Hamas for terrorism."