DI: What is the state of Muslim studies in U.S. higher education?
YH: There are quite a few positions available now. There’s a demand; students are asking for it. The government needs people to understand Muslims and speak Arabic, so there is a lot of money supporting this. I’m a professor at the School of Foreign Service, and the students used to go into the State Department; now they’re going to the CIA. The society is obsessed with security and the idea that there are secret cells among us. It’s part of the police state being created.
— By Christina Asquith
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