Charlie Kirk Shooting: Activists demand deportation of Bangladesh-origin professor

Syracuse University in New York took swift action on September 17 to address an uproar over social media posts made by two professors, including Bangladesh-origin Farhana Sultana, about the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Their appalling remarks included comments such as “rest in piss,” “give him what he valued: no empathy,” referring to him as “trash,” and even thanking a so-called “witch” for cursing his life.

A paid agent of the fascist and unconstitutional Yunus regime, Dr. Farhana Sultana, called Kirk a “genocidal, white supremacist, pro-gun dude” and said that “he died the way he lived.”  

Kirk was gunned down at a Utah campus event on September 10.

In a statement, the university implied it had placed both professors on leave and promised to treat the matter “with utmost seriousness.”

The Daily Orange, an independent student newspaper, reported that both professors are on leave. The newspaper said Jackson is on pre-approved medical leave, while its attempt to contact Farhana Sultana resulted in an automated “I’m unavailable” reply.

The university receives around $200 million in federal funding annually.

However, human rights activists and many citizens of the US, Bangladesh and other countries have demanded that Farhana Sultana be deported to Bangladesh immediately.

Congresswoman Claudia Tenney recently issued a statement after the two professors mocked the brutal murder.

“While Americans across the country are mourning the tragic murder of Charlie Kirk, two Syracuse University professors, Jenn Jackson and Farhana Sultana, used their platforms to celebrate and mock his death,” said Congresswoman Tenney.

“This type of conduct is reprehensible and has no place in any institution of higher learning,” she continued.

“Syracuse University must immediately hold these professors accountable and publicly disclose the steps being taken to address their behaviour. If the University continues to employ Professors Jackson and Sultana, it should forfeit every dollar of federal funding. Academic freedom does not extend to celebrating the assassination of an American citizen. Syracuse must act now.”

Who is this rogue woman?

According to official websites, Farhana Sultana is a Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, where she has taught since 2008.

https://news.syr.edu/faculty-experts/farhana-sultana

She is also the Research Director for Environmental Collaboration and Conflicts in the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC) at Maxwell School.

At Syracuse University, she is a faculty affiliate/associate across several programs and departments, including Women’s and Gender Studies Department. She is also a Visiting Faculty Fellow at the International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) of the Independent University in Bangladesh.

Labelled by activists as an “attack dog” of the Yunus regime in Bangladesh, she is unpopular also for spreading misinformation, denying Hindu persecution and her misbehaviour with netizens.

Activists noticed that since the university took action, some of her supporters, who claim to be the defenders of freedom of speech in Bangladesh, deleted her photos from their social media profiles.