University of California, Irvine, Bans Muslim Student Union
Great news, from Weasel Zippers:
IRVINE – Campus officials at UCI have banned the Muslim Student Union for one year and placed the organization on disciplinary probation for an additional year, according to a statement released by the Jewish Federation Monday morning.
Federation officials say they obtained documents from the university through the Freedom of Information Act, which show that the Muslim Student Union has been suspended on campus effective Sept. 1.
In what many say is an unprecedented act, the suspension is the result of a months-long internal review by the university following the arrest of 11 union students during Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren’s speech on campus. Oren was repeatedly interrupted by the union members.
The students have appealed the decision, according to Husam Ayloush, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Their attorney, Reem Salahi, said based on her understanding of the university’s policies and procedures, what has been issued is not a “ban,” but only a recommendation.
“That said, I don’t agree with their actions at all,” she said. “This is nothing but collective punishment. All Muslim students on campus have been punished for the actions of a few."
So, if you ban the MSU, you've hurt all Muslims?
Where do they get the idea that the Muslim Student Union represents all Muslims?
Can you say "Ummah"?
In the context of Islam, the word ummah is used to mean the diaspora or "Community of the Believers" (ummat al-mu'minin), and thus the whole Muslim world.
4 comments:
Hi Pastorius.
Poor little misunderstoud students.I'm sure some lawyer will explain that they were only using their right on free speech.A pitty that right is only a one way street for them, with at the end a madman willing to blow up any one who doesn't agree with their way!
Marine sues feds for giving billions in taxpayer money to Sharia-compliant AIG
A U.S. Marine who served in Iraq is suing the federal government for distributing billions of dollars in taxpayer funds to the Shariah-supporting American International Group.
The lawsuit, Murray v. Geithner et al., was brought against the Fed and the Treasury by the Thomas More Law Center on behalf of Kevin Murray, a former Marine who served honorably in Iraq to defend the United States from Islamic terrorists.
Murray argues that he is being forced as a taxpayer to contribute to the propagation of Islamic beliefs and practices predicated upon Shariah law, which he says is hostile to his Christian religion.
He is represented by Thomas More attorney Robert Muise and David Yerushalmi, an associated attorney who is an expert in Shariah law and Shariah-compliant financing, as well as general counsel to the Center for Security Policy. They filed the initial complaint in December 2008.
On June 7, Murray's attorneys filed a motion for summary judgment asking federal District Court Judge Lawrence Zatkoff to rule against Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the Federal Reserve Board.
The Thomas More Law Center explained the motion for summary judgment is based on depositions of Treasury officials, court-sealed affidavits of AIG officials and sworn declarations of two notable experts on Islamic law and terrorism: Stephen C. Coughlin and Robert Spencer.
Coughlin, a lawyer and decorated Army Reserve officer, is a leading Pentagon expert on the link between Islamic law and jihad. He explained that by engaging in Shariah-compliant financing, AIG and the federal government - which owns 79.9 percent of AIG - are engaging in the religious practice of Islam.
Islam teaches hostility and discrimination against Jews, Christians and anyone who doesn't accept the Quran as the "word of Allah," he said, explaining that the indoctrination stems from the same law that motivated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans.
As WND reported, Spencer, director of Jihad Watch, a program of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, has studied Islamic theology and history for 30 years. He is author of "Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs,""The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades" and eight other books dealing with Islam. He has led seminars on Islam and jihad for the U.S. Central Command, the U.S. Command and General Staff College, the Joint Terrorism Task Force and the U.S. intelligence community.
Spencer explained that by offering Shariah-compliant financing, AIG is promoting religious behavior that teaches hatred and discrimination against Jews, Christians and other non-Muslims....
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/06/marine-sues-feds-for-giving-billions-in-taxpayer-money-to-sharia-compliant-aig.html
Now that they are suspended, and Oren has offered to come back, I am sure they won't risk double secret probation and nasty letters in their records if they repeat and/or accelerate their tactics.
Unless U Cal security and police are there and ready, and then DO arrest and remove these people promptly and without fuss, they will be successful in denying this symbolic win for freedom of discourse in academia a place in actual reality
Pastorius,
This is something I'm glad to hear.
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