Canadian University will not rehire "terrorist" professor.Summary: Canada's Carleton University Carleton University, at Ottawa, Ont., Canada; nonsectarian; coeducational; founded 1942 as Carleton College. It achieved university status in 1957. It has faculties of arts, social sciences, science, engineering, and graduate studies, as well as the Centre for will not rehire Re`hire´ v. t. 1. To hire again. sociology professor Hassan Diab, an alleged bomber of the Rue Copernic Synagogue synagogue (sĭn`əgŏg) [Gr.,=assembly], in Judaism, a place of assembly for worship, education, and communal affairs. The origins of the institution are unclear. One tradition dates it to the Babylonian exile of the 6th cent. B.C. . Canada's Carleton University will not rehire sociology professor Hassan Diab, an alleged bomber of the Rue Copernic Synagogue. The bombing killed four people in the Paris synagogue in 1980. Diab has been under house arrest since last year. The decision by Carleton followed harsh condemnations by B'nai Brith Canada, a national Jewish organization. Frank Diman, the Executive Vice President of B'nai Brith Canada said "Canadians should be extremely concerned that an alleged terrorist, accused of committing such heinous hei·nous adj. Grossly wicked or reprehensible; abominable: a heinous crime. [Middle English, from Old French haineus, from haine, hatred, from acts, will be teaching our youth at a leading Canadian university. We find it deplorable de·plor·a·ble adj. 1. Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach: a deplorable act of violence. 2. that university officials believe that there is nothing wrong with employing Diab. The safety and security of the community as a whole, and of the Carleton University campus in particular, are of great concern to us." Diab was expecting to resume teaching this week but in a tense statement released yesterday, the school said a full-time faculty member "will immediately replace the current instructor" in order to provide students "with a stable, productive academic environment that is conducive to learning." 2009 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com) 2009 Al Bawaba (Albawaba.com) Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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