UC Ethnic Studies Council calls for Jay Sures's resignation over silence
UC Ethnic Studies CouncilUC Ethnic Studies Council statement, as reported
The council criticizes Sures for staying silent about Yousef's remarks and calls for his resignation, placing the episode within its broader objections to his conduct.
“not an isolated concern.”
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Where this statement fits
Mosab Hassan Yousef’s call for Muslims to leave the United States at the Jewish American Summit
At the August 30, 2026 Jewish American Summit in Los Angeles, Mosab Hassan Yousef said he did not want Muslims in America, used profanity to tell Muslims to leave the United States, and told them to return to and reform the countries they came from. Audience members applauded. Critics characterized the remarks and the response as anti-Muslim bigotry; the dispute also concerns responsibility among the event's organizers, sponsors, speakers, and public commentators.
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Secondary reporting of a council statement reportedly issued Monday, September 7, and a separate email from Christine Hong. The council is a faculty organization, not UC administration. Nonresponse by the UC president's office is not an explicit refusal by Sures.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Before the quotation
Sures spoke at the August 30 summit, where Yousef subsequently made anti-Muslim remarks.
After the quotation
We could not read the original social statement; the quotation is as reported. The council is not UC administration, and silence is not an explicit refusal.
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The label describes this statement's response within the context above.
Why this label?
The report attributes an explicit institutional criticism and resignation demand to the faculty council.
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Correction to: Statement by UC Ethnic Studies Council
- Previous language
- The council criticizes Sures's response to the summit and calls for his resignation, placing the episode within its broader objections to his conduct.
- Corrected language
- The council criticizes Sures for staying silent about Yousef's remarks and calls for his resignation, placing the episode within its broader objections to his conduct.
We described the council as criticizing Sures's response to the summit. The Daily Californian reports that the council criticized him for staying silent about Yousef's remarks, and quotes the council calling that silence "not an isolated concern." The article describes no response by Sures for the council to object to. The summary now says the criticism concerns his silence. The September 7 entry in the case timeline carried the same wording and has been corrected as well.
This corrects our account of what happened.
Secondary reporting of a council statement reportedly issued Monday, September 7, and a separate email from Christine Hong. The council is a faculty organization, not UC administration. Nonresponse by the UC president's office is not an explicit refusal by Sures.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)More from this case
Read the full casePlatt disavows Yousef's views while defending interview
“Needless to say, Mosab's views in this case are not my own”Read statement
Soraya Deen: Yousef's call was wrong
“Mosab Hassan Yousef's call for Muslims to leave America was wrong.”Read statement
Tim Gaspar condemns Yousef's remarks
“I've recently been made aware of the abhorrent remarks from Mosab Hassan Yousef... islamophobia has no place in our community and I vehemently disagree with this rhetoric.”Read statement
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