Purdue-Calumet prof’s Islam comments create stir
February 14, 2012 1:25PM
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Updated: February 14, 2012 9:02PM
HAMMOND — A political science professor at a Purdue University Calumet says he’s being unjustly investigated by school officials for comments he posted months ago on Facebook about Muslims killing Christians in Nigeria.
Maurice Eisenstein tells the Journal & Courier in Lafayette that the school began looking into him in November after he posted critical comments on his personal Facebook page about Muslims linked to the killings.
About two dozen students protested for two days, calling for the associate professor’s classes to be boycotted and for him to be dismissed. PUC spokesman Wes Lukoshus told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he could not comment because it was a personnel matter.
Eisenstein says he is uncertain of what might happen next.
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