A Muslim man is suing George Washington University alleging that the university created a program that targets Muslims for the purpose of destroying their careers.
The case was filed in United States District Court for the District of Columbia at March 27. The plaintiff is Dr. Farid Hafez. Hafez is suing the university as well as the George Washington professor who leads the program in question - Dr. Lorenzo Vidino.
The complaint alleges:
Beginning in late 2017, the United Arab Emirates ("UAE") and some of its top officials managed, directed, and bankrolled a years-long "dark" public relations campaign through the Swiss private investigative firm, Alp Services S.A. ("Alp"), which was founded, owned, and run by Mario Brero ("Mr. Brero") and Muriel Cavin ("Ms. Cavin"). The UAE and its officials, along with Alp, Mr. Brero, Ms. Cavin, and their employees, operated as an association-in-fact enterprise that leveraged a network of co-conspirators – private operatives, paid "journalists," and a professor at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., among many others – to smear dozens of innocent victims.