So the Custodian of the Two Holy Places Visiting Professor in Islamic Legal Studies at Harvard University, Chibli Mallat, who co-authored (in name) a lousy Likudnik statement about the Arab-Israeli conflict with Alan Dershowitz--of all people, wrote to Norman Finkelstein complaining about the comment that Norman wrote on his blog in response. He reminded Norman that they had met once in Beirut. Norman promptly responded to Mallat with this: "Because I attach high
value to personal experience, I will treat with utmost deference any U.N.
resolution you propose on academic prostitution."
PS Of course, Norman gave me permission to cite his response.
