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In recent social media posts, the rectors of two Brussels universities (ULB, Universit\u00e9 libre de Bruxelles and VUB, Vrije Universiteit Brussel<\/em>) have condemned the use of the term ‘anti-Zionism’ which, according to them, is actually used to talk about antisemitism.<\/p>\n\n

In response, an open letter signed by more than 300 academics<\/a> has denounced this abuse of language, as well as the invisibility of the terms ‘anti-Arab racism’ and ‘Islamophobia’ in the universities rectors’ statement.<\/p>\n\n

Excerpt from the open letter: <\/p>\n\n

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While antisemitism is explicitly rejected in the statement by the two rectors, Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism are generally grouped under the term ‘racism in all its forms’. Doesn’t systematically making antisemitism explicit while not doing the same for anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia contribute to the normalization of discrimination against Muslims and people of Middle Eastern origin? <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In recent social media posts, the rectors of two Brussels universities (ULB, Universit\u00e9 libre de Bruxelles and VUB, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) have condemned the use of the term ‘anti-Zionism’ which, according to them, is actually used to talk about antisemitism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,118,365],"tags":[438,570,457],"class_list":["post-6828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-belgium","category-news-en","category-uncategorized-en","tag-belgium","tag-open-letter","tag-university"],"yoast_head":"\nBrussels: A University Open Letter with Over 300 Signatures to Denounce the Invisibilization of Islamophobia by University Rectors - Equitas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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