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quinta-feira, 21 de maio de 2026
FIRST READING: He's Canada's number one author, and he's leaving Canada for safety reasons
Gad Saad said constant Montreal death threats ultimately proved untenable.
At the precise moment that his book Suicidal Empathy is topping world bestseller charts, prominent Canadian academic Gad Saad has announced he is permanently leaving Montreal for the United States, citing escalating threats to his personal safety. In a May 12 appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast, Saad said he had accepted a post at the University of Mississippi. He said repeated death threats had made it untenable for him to continue as a marketing professor at Concordia University.
“I’m now leaving in large part because it became difficult for me, if not impossible, to be a high-profile Jewish professor who supports the right of Israel to exist,” he said. Saad confirmed the move in a Victoria Day social media post, thanking Concordia “for the complete freedom that I was granted to pursue any research stream and any professional endeavour that I desired.”
He added, “I did face some difficulties over the past few years stemming from the unfolding realities in Montreal but I walk away with some sadness (I’m sentimental).” Concordia University has long been a focal point of anti-Israel radicalism. As far back as 2002, an anti-Zionist riot at the school prevented a planned appearance by Israeli politician Benjamin Netanyahu, who is now prime minister.
More recently, the university was the scene of a November 2024 anti-Israel riot that saw the school’s main lobby dominated by masked mobs calling for Intifada and charging lecture halls to interrupt classes with bells and shouted slogans.
Saad told Joe Rogan that in 2017, online threats had forced him to follow a safety protocol in which he had to be escorted by security while on campus — and the doors of his classrooms locked to keep out potential assailants. I would lecture, I would be ushered out, my wife would be waiting for me and I would let out a deep sigh, ‘Thank God I survived another week,’” he said.
In 2022, Saad said he was walking with his nine-year-old son when a man asked him if he was Gad Saad, to which he replied that he was. As Saad told Rogan, “then he kind of composes himself to deal with the hatred he feels and he goes ‘I’m not going to do anything to you out of respect for your son today.’” Shortly afterwards, Saad took leave from Concordia in order to accept a post with the Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom at the University of Mississippi.
Saad told Rogan he is in the United States on a work visa, but hopes to obtain permanent residency and ultimately citizenship. “Maybe we can turn the Saads into Americans,” he said. Saad’s departure marks the second time in 16 months that an influential Canadian academic has left Canada for the United States, blaming local political conditions for hounding them into exile.
Norwegian rape survivor 'feels guilty' the man who assaulted him was deported
'He had already served his sentence in prison. Should he now be punished again?'
A Norwegian man who was raped by a migrant has said he felt “guilt” after his attacker was deported. Karsten Nordal Hauken, who describes himself as feminist and anti-racist, was sexually attacked five years ago. He said that although the incident caused a spiral of depression and substance abuse, he felt bad about the fact the man had been deported to Somalia when he had already served his prison sentence.
Writing for Norwegian broadcaster NRK, Mr Hauken also said he wanted to break the taboo over male rape. His comments accompanied a documentary on people with mental health issues, in which Mr Hauken appears. Mr Hauken said that following the attack, he was treated well by police and medical personnel. After his attacker was caught and sentenced to over four years in prison, he was “a bit taken by surprise” by how he reacted to the news he would be deported.
“The tears, they came the moment I sat in the car," he said. "I felt a relief and joy that he was going away forever. I felt that the Norwegian government took on the responsibility to exercise the ultimate revenge, like an angry father confronts a child abuser. “But I also got a strong sense of guilt and responsibility. I was the reason why he should not be left in Norway, but rather to face a very uncertain future in Somalia.
“He had already served his sentence in prison. Should he now be punished again? And this time much harder?” Mr Hauken said the worst effect of the rape was that he had “lost so much time” to “depression and cannabis use.” “It is scary and taboo to talk about young men's emotional life," he wrote. "I feel forgotten and ignored. But I dare not talk about it, I'm afraid of attacks from all sides.
“I am afraid that no girls want me and that other men laugh at me. Afraid that I'll be perceived as anti-feminist when I say that young men who are struggling should get more attention. “Men and boys must learn that it's okay to talk about their feelings. Boys and men are ignored. For me it resulted in years of depression, abuse, loneliness and isolation.”
54 casos de casamentos forçados e infantis em Portugal em 2025
- Estatísticas Inéditas: Em 2025, as Comissões de Proteção de Crianças e Jovens (CPCJ) registaram, pela primeira vez, 54 casos de casamentos forçados nas suas estatísticas anuais.
- Histórico: Entre 2015 e 2023, um estudo identificou 836 situações de casamentos infantis, precoces ou forçados no país, incluindo uniões informais com crianças entre os 10 e 14 anos.
- Perfil das Vítimas: Afeta maioritariamente raparigas, muitas vezes retiradas da escola e prometidas a homens mais velhos, sendo os próprios pais ou familiares os principais impulsionadores da união.
(*) Taqiyya is an Arabic term meaning "prudence," "cautiousness," or "fear". In English, it translates closely to "precautionary dissimulation". It refers to the theological dispensation that allows a Muslim to conceal their faith or outwardly conform to avoid imminent threat, persecution, or mortal peril.
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