[Westbrook]

> “One perspective of Islam is to view it as inferior to the
> West. Where does this notion of cultural superiority come
> from?”

Probably comes from the kinds of things reported at the following site.
http://thereligionofpeace.com/

[ZULU]

The pig’s website:

http://www.hatembazian.com/

[dforest]

This would be no problem for me.

I would not do it.

[rickmichaels]

Excellent comment by someone at the original site of this article:

“Antelope who are on alert when sensing lions nearby are hardly displaying phobic behavior.”

[fieldmarshaldj]

If you’re not “Islamophobic”, you’re not paying attention.

[Gene Eric]

Well, Islam is a war plan, and began as such.

And the “student” wrote quite eloquently.

[JoeDetweiler]

The kid signed up for a class called “Islamaphobia.” He shouldn’t exactly be surprised that he’s expected to write about Islamaphobia.

If he disagrees with the Prof’s positions, then that is what he should write. That’s how I got a couple of my best grades. My Profs loved it ‘cause it showed I was paying attention...unlike most of the folks in the class.

Just do two things....first make sure that you can restate the Prof’s point of view in a respectful way, this shows that you understand his position. Then, make sure you can make a well reasoned argument for an alternative point of view.

If he does this, I suspect he will get a good grade.

This is Berkeley, not some podunk community college.

[JoeDetweiler]

One more point, though...I would never, ever have taken any class that had either “De-Constructing” or “Otherness” in its title.

[Haiku Guy]

I find myself thinking that any student who enrolls in Asian American Studies 132AC: Islamophobia deserves whatever they get.

[high info voter]

One tweeted: “How difficult it is to be a Muslim woman in America”; Another wrote about “Islamophobia in Canada”; while a third tweeted, “One perspective of Islam is to view it as inferior to the West. Where does this notion of cultural superiority come from?”

IT COMES FROM THIS!....
1400 years – 250 MILLION innocents murdered by “the prophet" followers!!!

Why Should We Fear Islam? Dr. Bill Warner

[Library Lady]

Drop the class.

[sphinx]

The course name is a bit of a tipoff. Look before you leap. That said, I have no idea how the prof has developed the subject, but irrational fear of and prejudice against "the other" are perfectly good topics, although they strike me as worthy of a lecture or two, not a whole class.

Compare and contrast is a good approach to dilemmas like this. For example, compare and contrast Islamophobia is the U.S. to the Arab world's hostility to Jews, Christians, Hindus, and others. That is a discussion that could be usefully explored, in a respectful and open-minded way.

[RginTN]

Students & parents are going into debt for this.

If this is a non-required class I have little sympathy.

[Hegemony Cricket]

The prof’s name is hatem?

[CitizenUSA]

I’m getting real tired of these phobaphobes. They seem to have a phobia for anything they disagree with.

[Travis McGee]

[This I Wonder32460]

Islamaphobia: Fear of an ideology of that preaches domination, hatred and murder.

[onedoug]

The Academy of the Stupid