New York, NY (March 16, 2008) --  Craigslist, the popular online classifieds and forums site, has removed a post from its local news forum after some Columbia University professors flagged it as inappropriate.

The post, which can still be viewed at www.ahmadinejad-bollinger.com, attempted to alert Columbia University and its controversial president, Lee C. Bollinger, as to how history is likely to judge them in the wake of last September's speech on campus by Iranian dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

"It is a bit ironic, wouldn't you say, that Ahmadinejad was allowed to speak freely on campus before a worldwide television audience, yet some at Columbia have moved rapidly to silence us?" says Rachel Smith-Bard, a human rights activist and volunteer spokeswoman for Bnai Haman.

Smith-Bard said her group posted the Ahmadinejad-Bollinger item on the Manhattan-Upper West Side forum of Craigslist on Thursday evening, March 13, and that by Friday morning, March 14th, it had already been flagged for removal. 

"Our post contained nothing libelous, nothing that violated common decency, nothing that infringed on anyone's copyright, no foul language, no disparagements of minorities or religious groups," Smith-Bard noted.  "It merely showcased how much Columbia and Bollinger have permanently damaged their reputations because of the Ahmadinejad event."

Smith-Bard said that Bnai Haman has received direct complaints from some at Columbia as well.

Rodolfo O. de la Garza, Eaton Professor of Administrative Law and Municipal Science, emailed Smith-Bard about Bnai Haman's Craigslist post saying:  "This isn't funny or creative.  It does not achieve being sophomoric."

Bnai Haman works to remind the world of the lessons learned by the Ahmadinejad-Bollinger speech and to forewarn other universities and academics about the price to be paid for permitting dictators, terrorists and other villains to user their institutions as a platform for promoting hate speech.

The group maintains various informational websites, including www.ahmadinejad-bollinger.com.