Prof. Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi made headlines last August as an unlikely Holocaust educator. Taking his Al-Quds University students on an educational trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Dajani Daoudi received a hailstorm of negative feedback; with the university distancing itself from the trip and prominent Palestinians condemning it outright.
The trip was part of a number of initiatives Dajani Daoudi’s NGO Wasatia takes part in; started in 2007, Wasatia prides itself on being “the first Islamic movement to advocate achieving peace and prosperity through the promotion of a culture of moderation.”