Georgetown’s decision to bring on Hasan follows years of the journalist making polarizing and inaccurate remarks. 

By Jessica Costescu, The Washington Free Beacon

Georgetown University has enlisted Hamas apologist and former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan as a visiting fellow to lead a discussion series that “will explore the role of debate, media, and persuasion in our deeply polarized society.”

As a Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service Spring 2026 Fellow, Hasan’s discussion group will center on the topic “Who’s Afraid of a Tough Question? Debate, Division, and Democracy in a Polarized Age.”

The four-week series will “challenge” students with questions like “Are calls for ‘unity’ and ‘civility’ sincere – or politically convenient?”

Hasan posted to X on Wednesday, “I’m looking forward to doing this and debating and discussing with the students. Thanks @georgetown and @GUPolitics.”

Georgetown’s decision to bring on Hasan follows years of the journalist making polarizing and inaccurate remarks.

MSNBC canceled his show in November 2023 after he spent weeks disparaging Israel following Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack.

After leaving the network, Hasan tweeted and then deleted a post arguing that the “Gaza genocide” was “worse than a lot of previous genocides – Rwanda, even the Holocaust.”

As a media figure in the United Kingdom, Hasan referred to non-Muslims as “animals.”

Hasan came under fire last fall after bursting into laughter at a “joke” about Rep. Brian Mast’s missing legs, which the Florida Republican lost after stepping on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan in September 2010 during Operation Enduring Freedom.

After leaving MSNBC, Hasan founded Zeteo, a far-left media platform that charges $12 a month to “support Mehdi’s brand of accountability journalism.”

The online publication has featured figures like Hasan Piker, the far-left streamer who once said “America deserved 9/11” and used a Zeteo appearance to lament the United States’ triumph over the USSR.

Georgetown noted in its announcement that the 2026 fellows, which also include former Sen. Jon Tester (D., Mont.), TikTok global head of product public policy Stephen Martinko, and three others, share “at least one thing in common — a commitment to productive dialogue.”

Fellows are selected through an application process and receive a stipend in exchange for leading weekly discussion groups, holding student office hours, providing mentorship, and participating in university-sponsored programming.

Previous fellows include former White House press secretary Jen Psaki, CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter, as well as conservatives like CNN analyst Scott Jennings and Fox News analyst Guy Benson.

Hasan, for his part, is set to take on a notably self-promotional role in the program.

“I have won awards for my TV and print journalism, authored a New York Times bestselling book on debate and argument, and founded a fast-growing new media company from scratch,” reads the description for one of the four sessions Hasan will be leading.

“How did I do it and what lessons can you learn from my journey? What advice do I have for budding journalists and content creators? How political do you want to get with me? This discussion is a very open session. Come as [sic] me anything!”

Georgetown did not respond to a request for comment.

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Ryan Girdusky joked about Medhi Hasan’s support of anti-Israel extremism, saying ‘I hope your beeper doesn’t go off,’ in reference to Israel blowing up thousands of Hezbollah comms devices.

NEW: All h*ll breaks loose after Ryan Girdusky appears to accuse Mehdi Hasan of being a terrorist after Hasan accused Girdusky of being a Nazi.

Pretty insane that this is where we are at right now.

Hasan: If you don't wanna be called Nazis, stop…

Girdusky: Well, I hope your… pic.twitter.com/e1bOUD1XKA

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 29, 2024

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Many of Carson’s fellow speakers at the events have preached anti-Israel rhetoric for years.

By Chuck Ross, The Washington Free Beacon

Rep. André Carson (D., Ind.) will speak at the annual convention of an Islamic group linked to Hamas, along with one imam convicted in Israel of serving in terrorist groups and another who has denied the Holocaust, praised Adolf Hitler, and more recently said he doesn’t care about the October 7 attack.

Carson, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, is slated to speak at the Islamic Society of North America’s convention in Dallas on a Sept. 1 panel with Mehdi Hasan, a journalist formerly with MSNBC and the Qatar-funded network Al Jazeera.

Many of Carson’s fellow speakers at the events have preached anti-Israel rhetoric for years. Yasir Qadhi, who will appear on a panel with Hasan and socialist presidential candidate Cornel West, once claimed that “Hitler never intended to mass-destroy the Jews” and has called the Holocaust a “hoax.”

He expressed ambivalence about the October 7 attack at a campus rally last month, telling students, “I don’t care about that one particular day.”

Mohammad Qatanani, who will speak on the panel “Standing in Solidarity with the Victims in Gaza & Palestine,” reportedly faced deportation proceedings in the United States for failing to disclose that an Israeli court convicted him for providing material support to Hamas, “as well as his membership in the terror organization,” according to Canary Mission.

The imams’ appearance at the conference is perhaps no surprise given the Islamic Society of North America’s longstanding ties to Hamas.

Federal prosecutors in a 2007 terrorism finance investigation labeled the organization an “unindicted co-conspirator” of Hamas.

Carson’s appearance at the event comes as some House Democrats have faced blowback for affiliations with anti-Israel extremists. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.), a member of the far-left “Squad,” lost his primary this week amid scrutiny for downplaying Hamas’s attack and for his intense hostility to Israel.

Rep. Summer Lee (D., Pa.), another “Squad” member, in March pulled out of an event for the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) after several speakers were found to have made anti-Semitic and homophobic remarks.

Carson spoke at a January rally in Washington, D.C., alongside CAIR director Nihad Awad, who has said he was “happy to see” Hamas attack Israel on October 7. Carson’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

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