David N. Myers
Role at the time: Professor of Jewish history at UCLA, writing a signed guest opinion column co-authored with Salam Al-Marayati, president and co-founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council
Condemned
Statement summary
In a co-bylined Los Angeles Times opinion piece with Salam Al-Marayati, UCLA Jewish history professor David N. Myers wrote that the summit became a platform for anti-Muslim hate and placed significant responsibility on the organisers who gave Yousef the stage.
“Rather than a celebration of Jewish life, the summit turned into a platform for anti-Muslim hate.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)David N. Myers and Salam Al-Marayati, Los Angeles Times: the Jewish American Summit "turned into a platform for anti-Muslim hate"Body, the section on the summit and the following paragraph on the organizers' responsibility.
Why we used this label
Myers and Al-Marayati condemn both Yousef's remarks and the summit's response to them. They describe the remarks as a "vulgar tirade" giving voice to "deep contempt" for Islam and Muslims, and they extend the criticism to the organizers and to the applauding audience.