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Meet the Radical Professor at the Center of the Controversy for Islamic Prayers at Duke University
Breitbart News Network ^ | 16 Jan 2015 | Jordan Schachtel

Posted on 01/16/2015 11:07:51 PM PST by george76

It all started when a University alumnus made a $3 million dollar donation to fund the position of Director of Islamic Studies at Duke University. Bettye Martin Musham, who gifted the Islamic Studies Center with the vast sum of money, said that she was convinced that it was the right thing to do after hearing a lecture on the meaning of jihad. Musham said that she and her husband would later become “hooked with the importance of Islam.”

Dr. Omid Safi was appointed to run Islamic Studies at Duke University in July of 2014. He has been the point of contact for several media outlets, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and Huffington Post, in response to Duke University reversing its decision to broadcast Muslim prayers from Duke Chapel. Following Duke’s retraction of allowing for Islamic prayer to be amplified from the school’s chapel, Safi took to Twitter to express his discontent.

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Safi’s past statements may shed light onto why he chose to forgo mentioning the religion.

The Duke Islamic leader has time and time again expressed radical ideals through his social media accounts, news articles, and television appearances. Dr. Safi has frequently described the worldwide Muslim community as one that is “oppressed” and “marginalized,” and excused the perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo massacre as victims of political grievances. He also excused Palestinian terror group Hamas of any wrongdoing, but has in the recent past described Israel as a “terror state” and decried the Israeli Prime Minister and U.S. President Barack Obama as war criminals.

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Safi invoked Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (who was a strong supporter of the State of Israel) in order to demonize the Jewish State.

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To: KeyLargo

Love it


41 posted on 01/17/2015 12:55:22 PM PST by MtnMan101
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To: tbpiper

It really makes no difference what we consider anything to be.

It’s what God knows it to be that counts.


42 posted on 01/17/2015 5:29:18 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: mc5cents
I think of atheists like I do about a PHD, they learn more and more about less and less until they know everything there is know about nothing.
43 posted on 01/17/2015 6:01:26 PM PST by JoeFromSidney (Book RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY, available from Amazon.)
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To: KeyLargo
L😉L! THAT'S A KEEPER!

44 posted on 01/19/2015 7:44:56 PM PST by skinkinthegrass ("Bathhouse" E'Bola/0'Boehmer/0'McConnell; all STINK and their best friends are flies. d8^)
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To: CincyRichieRich
Where did the money come from?????

The short answer... Saudi Arabia.
The long complete answer would take a little longer.

A world class money laundering pipeline, beginning with Saudi Arabia; then there is a muslim Billionaire who became an Irish citizen many years ago,; From there, there are hundreds of simple millionaires all over the world, including the U.S., who eventually donate to build madrassas, and fund university chairs for the advancement of islam :

Who Funds this Crap?

Where this money comes from is no longer a surprise.

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45 posted on 01/19/2015 9:11:48 PM PST by publius911 (Formerly Publius6961)
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