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Brandeis University withdraws planned honorary degree for Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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| April 09, 2014
Posted on 04/08/2014 10:45:01 PM PDT by george76
Ali was raised in a strict Muslim family, but after surviving a civil war, genital mutilation, beatings and an arranged marriage, she renounced the faith in her 30s.
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Thomas Doherty, chairman of American studies, refused to sign the faculty letter. He said it would have been great for the university to honor "such a courageous fighter for human freedom and women's rights, who has put her life at risk for those values."
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posted on
04/08/2014 10:45:02 PM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
Yet universities routinely honor those who mock and insult Christianity. Sadly the United States has entered a neo pagan ,post Christian era of decadence and decline.
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posted on
04/08/2014 10:57:42 PM PDT
by
allendale
To: george76
To: allendale
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posted on
04/08/2014 11:07:37 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
To: AllAmericanGirl44
Inbreeding really screws up a person.
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posted on
04/08/2014 11:17:57 PM PDT
by
bicyclerepair
(The zombies here elected alcee hastings. TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
To: george76
This is really disgusting, a prime example of the
tyranny of the minority.
I suppose they would have barred Churchill as being
a naziphobe too.
A sad example of what PC and diversity have done
to the educational system in this country, a country
that used to pride itself as being free and supporting
freedom for all.
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posted on
04/09/2014 12:00:09 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: george76
To: george76
"They're not interested in peace. I think that we are at war with Islam. And there's no middle ground in wars."
"...we cannot overlook certain of her past statements that are inconsistent with Brandeis University's core values."
What are those core values? Multiculturalism. Muslims have a right to practice their hatred because it's considered part of their culture. Renouncing such hatred makes you the hater instead.
"It is unconscionable that such a prestigious university would honor someone with such openly hateful views."
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posted on
04/09/2014 12:41:40 AM PDT
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: george76
He said it would have been great for the university to honor "such a courageous fighter for human freedom and women's rights, who has put her life at risk for those values."
Indeed she has. So why is Brandeis University withdrawing the honor?
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posted on
04/09/2014 12:52:32 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: Rummyfan
"This makes Muslim students feel very uneasy," Joseph Lumbard, chairman of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, said in an interview. "They feel unwelcome here."
Always playing the victim, and liberals fall for it because that's their favorite card as well. I've heard one say he considers non-Muslims to be lower than dogs. She's correct when she says they do not want peace. And they don't care if they're welcome or not.
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posted on
04/09/2014 1:14:33 AM PDT
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: george76
Cowards everywhere! Absolutely pathetic.
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posted on
04/09/2014 3:00:15 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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posted on
04/09/2014 3:00:38 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: tet68
There once was a time when the persecuted were rallied behind. Now they are cast aside for fear that the offender will be offended.
Truly the Twilight Zone!
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posted on
04/09/2014 3:14:03 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
To: george76
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posted on
04/09/2014 3:17:36 AM PDT
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: george76
Isn’t Brandeis a Jewish university?
To: Telepathic Intruder
Muslims must be made to feel welcome at a university named after the first Jewish US Supreme Court justice, and look at how it increases their tolerance of his values of
individual liberty and free speech-
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posted on
04/09/2014 4:07:35 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: smalltownslick
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posted on
04/09/2014 4:07:58 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: silverleaf
Yeah, it’s always those demanding tolerance from others that are the least tolerant themselves. Another thing Muslims seem to have in common with liberals. Either the irony is lost on them or they don’t care.
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posted on
04/09/2014 4:36:45 AM PDT
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: george76
"This is a real slap in the face to Muslim students," said senior Sarah Fahmy, a member of the Muslim Student Association who created the petition said before the university withdrew the honor. "But it's not just the Muslim community that is upset but students and faculty of all religious beliefs," she said. "A university that prides itself on social justice and equality should not hold up someone who is an outright Islamophobic."
First, Sarah Fahmy, go away! Go live in an islamic country. While you are there, have a muslim mutilate your sexual organs. Then, allow muslims to arrange an abusive marriage for you.
Be sure to stay there, keeping your mouth shut and wearing your burqha, living as female muslim in a fundamentalist Islamic country, for about 20 years, and THEN come back and call this brave woman "islamophobic", you spoiled, over-privileged, self-righteous little b!tch.
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posted on
04/09/2014 4:46:43 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Help Control Politician Overpopulation - Spay or Neuter Your Senator or Congressman Today!)
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