An Arizona State University (ASU) professor sending funds to Hamas shared fake anti-Muslim hate mail in a viral post, and only deleted it after X users pointed out it that it was fake. It’s also not the first time that this professor has made a false claim of “Islamophobia” that went viral.
ASU College of Law professor Khaled Beydoun — hailed as a diversity, inclusion, and equity (DIE) expert and a protégé of Critical Race Theory (CRT) celebrity scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw — posted on X what he claimed was a screenshot of hate mail received by a follower. However, users debunked the claim through a Community Notes add-on proving that the hate mail was sent by the “victim,” who some suspected was Beydoun himself.
The alleged perpetrator told the victim, “Go back to your country dirty Arab,” to which the alleged victim responded, “I can’t. Your government gave Israel $14 billion last week to destroy it (Gaza).”
“Blue on Instagram means that the message was sent from his own phone,” said the Community Notes add-on. “Khaled presumably sent the racist message to himself.”
Beydoun is overtly on the side of Hamas (Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya, the Islamic Resistance Movement), the foreign terrorist organization that governs Gaza.
After users debunked his post, Beydoun deleted it and claimed that it had been “flagged by bigots” who misconstrued it. Beydoun denied that he created the hate mail exchange.
The post in question was sent by a THIRD party as stated in the text (from a follower) — not me. But people don’t read sadly. If was flagged by bigots who didn’t read the caption then removed. Done deal, bigger fish to fry.
— Khaled Beydoun (@KhaledBeydoun) November 11, 2023
Prior to its deletion, the post had around one million views, over 1,800 likes, 140 bookmarks, and nearly 400 quotes and reposts respectively.
Former assistant attorney general Jen Wright pointed out that Beydoun also posted a fake claim about Israel Defense Forces committing war crimes; Wright questioned why ASU had hired Beydoun.
“Why does @ASUCollegeofLaw have a Hamas propagandist who fakes victimhood and lies about the war in the Middle East teaching Islamophobia and about race and the law?” asked Wright.
Looks like he deleted the other post that used pictures from Syria in 2017 to lodge false accusations against @IsraeliPM alleging @IDF WAR CRIMES.
And he TEACHES law students at @ASUCollegeOfLaw.🤦🏻♀️
He should know to FACT CHECK so he doesn’t make false & defamatory claims. https://t.co/o4PvMcbsHx
— Jen Wright (@JenWEsq) November 11, 2023
Back in 2019, Beydoun deleted another viral post (at the time called a “tweet”) claiming that a Delta Airlines captain grabbed him by the neck for issuing a complaint. Beydoun said racial and ethnic tensions caused by former President Donald Trump were to blame for the incident, which Delta denied.
In statements issued to multiple outlets, the airline explained that no physical contact was ever made with Beydoun, and that police were called when Beydoun made “false accusations of physical contact.” Beydoun’s ire was prompted by his relocation from first class seat due to a flight attendant’s seat being broken. Beydoun never pressed charges.
Following Israel’s response to the Hamas terrorist attack last month, Beydoun announced that all royalties from his newest book, “The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims,” would go to Gaza.
It’s unclear whether the Palestinian people will ever see any donations come their way, since Hamas intercepts foreign aid intended for civilians, uses civilians as human shields, and has restricted civilians from evacuating the area.
Prior to ASU hiring Beydoun over the summer, the law professor received $100,000 from George Soros’ Open Society Foundations Equality Fellowship in 2018.
Beydoun also formerly served on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights advisory committee for Michigan. He’s been frequently cited and acclaimed all across academia: Harvard University appointed him a scholar-in-residence at the Berkman Klein Center, with citations of his work in academic journals such as UCLA Law Review, Northwestern Law Review, California Law Review, and Harvard Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review.