Posted on 09/22/2021 7:40:49 PM PDT by marshmallow
* College Provost David Isaac is understood to have ordered an investigation
* Students said the event was 'Islamophobic' for discussing 'the nature of Islam'
* Christian Concern said apology showed 'cancel culture's grip on top university'
* It also accused the college of 'capitulating to an aggressive movement'
* College called booking a 'serious failure' and apologised 'unreservedly'
An Oxford college has been accused of 'cancel culture' after apologising to students for the 'distress caused' after it hosted a Christian conference.
Worcester College hosted a Christian Concern training camp at the beginning of September while the college was closed for the summer break.
Students reportedly complained that the curriculum for the week-long event - which also hosted a speaker reportedly linked to 'conversion therapy' - was 'Islamophobic' as the final day included a discussion about 'the nature of Islam'.
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When someone capable of great influence, choses instead to act cowardly, meekly placing his head on the rhetorical chopping block, all he does is exponentially inflate the egos of much lesser beings.
If they try this nonsense here they should be slapped with a 1st Amendment lawsuit. And no British royals, the First Amendment is not “bonkers”, and the Second Amendment makes sure it is not. (Cornwallis, noble gentleman, go hide under the cliffs at Yorktown)
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