Arizona State Researcher on Leave After Hijab Confrontation

A postdoctoral scholar at Arizona State University finds himself embroiled in controversy after a video capturing a heated confrontation with a woman wearing a hijab went viral, prompting the university to place him on leave pending investigation, The Hill reported.

The footage, recorded during a pro-Israel rally in Tempe, Arizona, depicts Jonathan Yudelman approaching the woman, arms raised, and uttering, “I’m literally in your face — that’s right.” As the woman attempts to distance herself, she voices her discomfort, citing religious boundaries. Yudelman’s response, captured in the video, is, “You disrespect my sense of humanity, b****.”

Adding to the tension, an unidentified man, says: “You don’t like it; go back to jihad.”

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