Hat tip Vlad Tepes
This time it happened in Oldenburg in Lower Saxony. An argument between three men on a shopping street. One man is stabbed to death and two suspects are in custody being questioned. The German news report-as usual- says nothing about this, but Vlad Tepes blog claims to be in contact with an eyewitness who says all the people involved-victim and perps-are Syrian refugees.
https://vladtepesblog.com/2017/05/31/arrests-in-oldenburg-man-stabbed-to-death-on-shopping-street/
"Wir schaffen dass!"
*Update: The German Language Kurdische Nachrichten is reporting that the victim was a Yazidi and that he was killed by two Syrians for eating an ice cream during Ramadan.
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Jewish Voice for Peace Puts Out Edited Videos in Defense of SJP Disruption at UCI
This Jewish Voice for Peace Facebook entry was sent to me by a co-respondent who may or may not wish to remain anonymous. It contains a video put out by the ever-despicable Jewish Voice for Peace and Palestine Legal in defense of the students who disrupted a pro-Israel event at UCI on May 10. They are carefully edited to leave out the most embarrassing parts to their side. As it is, they are foolish to think their own videos give credit and respectibility to their cause.
https://facebook.com/JewishVoiceforPeace/videos/10156184089004992/
Below are the comments I added to the reader thread.
"This is a very carefully edited video. In the beginning, the young man who is talking with SJP at their table claimed that he was told, "Go away, white man." As for the reservist event, I was there. It was peaceful until the SJP and their friends arrived. At that point I videotaped everything. You can see me in the background doing so. What the video cuts out is when the young girl leading the disruptions throws f-bombs at the reservists in the presence of the Asst vice chancellor."
"This was a disruption and is typical tactic of SJP and JVP (at least one JVP member was present.) I can only repeat the question I posed as a vet to these students. How many of them have ever put on the uniform of their country and served in uniform like the five reservists, two of whom were female, one a Lebanese Christian gay whose family had to flee Lebanon for Israel, and one a Bedouin Muslim? The response I got was a loud "Never!" and that is when things went to hell. All that was left out of the video. You have no respect for the American principle of free speech. You disgust me."
I also have added my own video of the entire disruption inside the room (See above hyper-link in the first paragraph.)
Here is more of what JVP and Palestine Legal are putting out about the incidents.
https://facebook.com/JewishVoiceforPeace/videos/10156184089004992/
Below are the comments I added to the reader thread.
"This is a very carefully edited video. In the beginning, the young man who is talking with SJP at their table claimed that he was told, "Go away, white man." As for the reservist event, I was there. It was peaceful until the SJP and their friends arrived. At that point I videotaped everything. You can see me in the background doing so. What the video cuts out is when the young girl leading the disruptions throws f-bombs at the reservists in the presence of the Asst vice chancellor."
"This was a disruption and is typical tactic of SJP and JVP (at least one JVP member was present.) I can only repeat the question I posed as a vet to these students. How many of them have ever put on the uniform of their country and served in uniform like the five reservists, two of whom were female, one a Lebanese Christian gay whose family had to flee Lebanon for Israel, and one a Bedouin Muslim? The response I got was a loud "Never!" and that is when things went to hell. All that was left out of the video. You have no respect for the American principle of free speech. You disgust me."
I also have added my own video of the entire disruption inside the room (See above hyper-link in the first paragraph.)
Here is more of what JVP and Palestine Legal are putting out about the incidents.
"For four straight days this past May, a group of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers called “Reservists On Duty” harassed University of California, Irvine (UCI) students at their mock apartheid wall. The IDF soldiers surveilled, disrupted, and physically assaulted Palestinian members of UCI SJP, along with their Latinx, Black, Native and Jewish allies.
This occurred in full view of administrators who took no action to protect students from foreign military agents. When students complained, they were told that nothing could be done.
Email UCI Chancellor Gilman to tell them - protect your students, not Israeli soldiers on campus!"
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If I want to be charitable, I would call this account grossly exaggerated if not downright false. I should add that I was on campus during the events on Tuesday, Wednesday night, and Thursday afternoon. I did not witness what this alleges. I did see the IDF soldiers (not in uniform) at the mock apartheid wall giving their own information on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to those who were interested. I would hardly call it surveilling. I did not see them harassing anyone or disrupting anything. I certainly did not see them assaulting anyone.
As I previously reported, Thursday, May 11, was a day full of anger as pro-Palestinian students gave fiery speeches at the microphone. The IDF reservists were present and a couple of the female reservists stood right in front of the speakers. One was asked by campus administrators and a campus cop to move back which she eventually did. The reservists did follow the protesters as they marched to the administration office and then around Ring Road at which point I went back to the mock apartheid wall.
On Wednesday evening, there was an allegation that an Israeli girl shoved a protester. I was right there with my video camera. She was shouting at someone in the back, and one of the protesters who can be seen in the video, a small black kid with glasses, was blocking her from advancing. They were separated but both in my video and the just released JVP video, someone is blocking the view, so you cannot definitively tell if anyone shoved the other.
I Continue My Correspondance with Kaukab Siddique
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From: Gary Fouse (Email address deleted) Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 9:34 PM To: Siddique, Kaukab S Subject: Your Facebook article Dr Siddique, I was greatly disappointed that you broke off our Facebook exchange last night. As a former part-time teacher at a major California university, I would have expected you to engage in the free exchange of ideas as any good university professor should. Instead you shut down your site and hid. I would like to share with you my last comment which I was unsuccessful in posting. Whatever it says in the Bible it is old pages gathering centuries of dust because we do not kill homosexuals in the name of our God. We may disapprove, we may oppose gay marriage, but we don't kill them. Obviously in Islam it is still carried out- with your approval. You also approve of killing blasphemers and those who speak ill of mohammad. Remember this? "Almost all Islamic scholars agree that one who insults, abuses or ridicules the Prophet, pbuh (peace be upon him), should be killed," Siddique wrote after January's massacre at the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo killed 12 people." I would have liked you to discuss your apparent support for killing blasphemers and justify it if you can. Had we gone further, I would have liked you to discuss why apostates from Islam are punished by death. I would have liked to go further into your history of slurs against Jews. I would like you to explain how we can implement these barbaric practices in the US-a country you have chosen to live in rather than your native Pakistan. But you apparently are not willing to engage with those who have taken the time to do the research. Sincerely, Gary Fouse Orange County, Calif. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In reply, he sent me this on May 29:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Response from Siddique on May 30 Mr. Fouse I don't know from where you pick up this gossip about Islam. No one in America can carry out the barbaric activities you mentioned. These are illegal and I support punishment for them. None of these are acceptable in Muslim countries either. There are a couple of exceptions. Rapists and homosexual rapists are liable to be executed after due process of law. Blasphemy against Jesus and Muhammad, pbuh, is common in America. In Islamic countries it is punishable by execution after due process of law. No one has been executed over 70 years for blasphemy. [The public rose up against blasphemers and has killed 6 people in 70 years but this was illegal activity.] Is there anything which is more important for you than your own life? Think about it and you will understand. Any kind of mutilation, including FGM. is strictly prohibited in Islam Enemy prisoners cannot be mistreated. We don't have GTMO. Apostasy in war time is like a kind of treachery. Remember what America did to the Rosenbergs? Changing religion is not punishable but for one who becomes Muslim to be a spy and later claims that he gave up Islam. Fighting Christians or Jews has no place in Islam, Muslims fight oppressors, including Muslim oppressors. Honor killings are carried out by brutal, ignorant people usually in far away villages where the police cannot reach. It is murder as far as Islam is concerned. Slightest insults against women are punishable in Islam. Women in America are terribly victimized with an average of 4,000,000 females battered in a year. Rape is common in America. Families in Muslim countries are much too strong to allow a female member of the family to be victimized. Violators are considered criminals. Crimes against women are committed in countries with America-linked dictators like the rulers of Kabul, Cairo and Baghdad. Women are common victims of males in India. Check the Hindu religion which does horrible things to women. Looks like your moral outrage is only aimed at Muslims. I cannot possibly hate Jews. I am myself Semitic. Remember Muslims and Jews were friends till the Zionists occupied Palestine and committed genocide against Palestinians. I am against Israel and against Zionists, be they Christians or Jews. I speak and write against the occupation of Palestine by the Zionists. One day inshaAllah, the occupiers will be defeated. They are able to continue with genocide because of open ended military and financial support from America. Who told you that my university is embarrassed about me. I have an impeccable record of 32 years. My students love me and often try to get into my classes even when the classes are full.. I have good support among faculty too. I was attacked by Zionists and Jews from outside the university but they were defeated because they were using blatant lies against me. Losers like the Zionists try to hit at a person's job because they know their cause is fake. Censorship is central to Zionist thinking.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My response to the above on May 30 Mr Siddique, Thank you for your response. Now we are getting somewhere. I would like to address a few points you raised. Rape under sharia law is punished only there are four male witnesses. In the absence of that, the woman who accuses can be punished for adultery-death. Adultery while considered a sin is not a crime in the west. As for blasphemy, it is punishable by death in your native Pakistan. There have been Christians who have been arrested and sometimes killed by mobs for this act. There is a young mother named Asia Bibi still in prison and facing a death sentence for blasphemy (alleged) FMG. I realize that not all Muslims practice FMG and it is practiced by non-Muslims in certain parts of the world, but it is still practiced. The recent case in Michigan involving two Indian Muslim doctors a case in point. Europe reports problems of Muslim immigrant families sent back to home countries for the procedure. It is widespread in Egypt. Enemy prisoners cannot be mistreated? Tell that the Israeli soldiers or American soldiers captured by Hamas, Hizbollah, Al Qaeda or ISIS. Tell that to the women captured by ISIS. Apostasy: You equate the Rosenbergs to Muslim apostates. Treason involves betraying your country in time of war. We don't punish people for leaving their religion even if they criticize it publicly. What is the position of the leading Islamic schools like Buchari regarding apostasy? What is the opinion of Yusuf al Qaradawi involving apostasy? They support death for apostates. There are slight differences as to circumstances of the apostasy and whether they remain silent or criticize.Why do people like Hirsi Ayaan Ali and Nonie Darwish (who is a friend of mine) have to live under security even in the West? As for wartime, is there wartime now? Even in cases like Afghanistan, Iraq how does that involve apostasy? Fighting Christians and Jews has no place in Islam? According to the Koran it does. According to hadith like "the Day of Atonement when the Jew will hide behind the tree, and the tree will call out to the Muslim, Oh Muslim, there is a Jew hiding behind me. Come and kill him"- it does. According to the Hamas charter it does. Also why is there a program of genocide on-going now against Christians and Yazidis in Iraq and Syria? Why are Christian churches being bombed in Egypt? Why were those Egytpian Christians murdered just days ago south of Cairo? Honor killings? They may be against the law in Muslim countries, but the punishment is very slight. Rape? Yes, rape is a problem in America, and it is a most heinous crime. In Europe, rape has become an epidemic in places like Sweden, UK, Germany, Holland. Not by Europeans, mind you but by young male Muslim immigrants, migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees. And you say crimes against women only happen in countries with American-backed rulers? Really? Oh, I forgot. All the dysfunctions of the Middle East are the fault of the West. Edward Said wrote that so it must be true. You are semiitc? I thought that only applied to the semitic family of languages like Hebrew and Arabic, but ever mind. It is also true that Sunnis and Shi'ites kill each other too? Why is that? Jew and Muslims were friends? I think you meant when Jews were dhimmis like the so-called Golden Years of Cordoba. You say enmity only started with the creation of Israel? No, enmity against Jews is in the Koran. It is age old. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amir Hajj Husseini was a fierce enemy of Jews. So much so he spent WW 2 in Berlin making radio broadcasts back to the ME urging his followers to drive out the Jews. He also helped form a Bosnian (Muslim) SS division.) And the Zionists committed a genocide against the Palestinians? Funny. Their population has tripled since the creation of Israel, hasn't it? What about the pogrom in Iraq in the early 20th century when Jews were slaughtered.? Yes, your university is embarrassed by your history of intolerant comments. http://www.lincoln.edu/new-and-events/news/statement-lincoln-university-regardin g-dr-kaukab-siddique%E2%80%99s-personal-facebook-0 http://www.delcotimes.com/article/DC/20101028/NEWS/310289957 I am sure your liberal cupcake students, angry at the west and Israel just love your classes. But it is this quote that says it all: "I was attacked by Zionists and Jews from outside the university but they were defeated because they were using blatant lies against me." This sounds like the paranoic rants of a Julius Streicher. Here is the problem in a nutshell. You cannot deny your own intolerance especially against Jews. You represent an ideology that preaches hatred against Jews, Christians and others, and that includes preaching from many mosques. The proof is in the mass of videotaped sermons which have been translated-or even given in Western languages. The proof is in the death toll-which grows every day. You represent an ideology that has a death penalty for leaving it or criticizing it. That sounds to me more like a mafia than a religion. I am curious as to how you can defend that other than by saying that it is never done in Islam-which it clearly is.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------On May 31, I received this reply:
death for Muslim apostates and critics. Also note his description of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin Hajj al Husseini as a great scholar. Note his questioning of the Holocaust. And of course, his references to Jews controlling the media and movie industry. Here is my last response (unless he changes his mind and decides to respond again). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wow. I suggest before you complain about America's ills, you clean up your own house. #-2 violence against women is a real problem within Islam. There is a passage in the Koran that legitimizes violence against wives. Rape and Trafficking of women and children? Tell that to Boko Haram and ISIS. Of course, there are passages in the Koran that legitimize that too or have you forgotten all those references to "that which your right hand possesses"? And of course your reference to Jewish control of the media and movies is all too telling. But of course, you are not a Jew hater (or someone who approves of killing gays). Hirsi Ali was a victim of FMG. She has great grace and courage-unlike you. Have you forgotten the slaughter of Theo Van Gogh in Holland and the promise that Ayaan would be next? But, as you say, had they not opened their mouths they would not have to live under security from Muslims who kill when their religion is insulted. Pls spare me your references to Jesus. He never killed anyone, ordered anyone to be killed or led an army.And you say Al Husseini was a great scholar?? He was a war criminal who should have stood trial in Nuremberg. The closest you came to the truth in your last email was to say that Islam is a state not just a religion. I would say it is a political ideology that does not recognize the line between state and religion. As a political ideology it is fascist in nature. The piles of dead bodies and people rotting in prison, the persecution of religious minorities is testament to that. I also find it amazing that you can question the Holocaust when even the Germans have owned up to it and taught their younger generations about it so that it might never be repeated. The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Hoess, confessed to it before he was hanged by the Poles. I have been to Auschwitz. Hoess'es "memoirs" are in book form. I urge you to read it. And you call yourself a scholar!! You are a crackpot.----------------------------------------------------------------------------And this crackpot is a professor at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania! |
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Abolishing Whiteness at Hunter College
Hat tip Campus Reform
"Where the hell is Hunter College?"
It has come to this: Hunter College (that's in New York for all you UC Santa Cruz community studies majors) now is offering a course in "Abolishing Whiteness". And here's the good news: It may soon satisfy the little rascals' requirement for Diversity.
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9231
"The course, taught by Women and Gender Studies Professor Jennifer Gaboury, is cross-listed for both her department and the Political Science Department, where it fulfills one of four required courses in the “4 subfields of political science” under the umbrella of POLSC 204: Contemporary Issues in Political Theory."
"Where the hell is Hunter College?"
It has come to this: Hunter College (that's in New York for all you UC Santa Cruz community studies majors) now is offering a course in "Abolishing Whiteness". And here's the good news: It may soon satisfy the little rascals' requirement for Diversity.
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9231
"The course, taught by Women and Gender Studies Professor Jennifer Gaboury, is cross-listed for both her department and the Political Science Department, where it fulfills one of four required courses in the “4 subfields of political science” under the umbrella of POLSC 204: Contemporary Issues in Political Theory."
This isn't about abolishing whiteness. This is about abolishing education. Think what a diploma from this institution is worth.
Evergreen State College: The Chickens Coming Home to Roost
Hat tip The College Fix
When Evergreen State College professor Bret Weinstein appeared last week on Tucker Carlson's show on Fox News, he said that after he was verbally abused by students on campus, a subsequent meeting with the administration was even worse,. He was right. The below-linked video is sickening.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/32824/
First of all, let's call this for what it is. This is racism, pure and simple. Secondly, this is indeed a case of the chickens coming home to roost. Evergreen is one of the most liberal small colleges in the country. This is how they have trained these idiots to believe.
I am no fan of college administrators and liberal professors, but these people should not have to suffer this indignity. The students who mouthed these racist profanities at the administrators should be expelled. Of course, it won't happen.
* Update: From the Washington Times. The president, George Bridges, (who uses the pronouns "he" and "him", not "zey" or "dworftz") has now issued a statement saying he is "grateful" for the passion of little fascists. This man is a model of masochism.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/29/evergreen-state-college-president-expresses-gratit/
When Evergreen State College professor Bret Weinstein appeared last week on Tucker Carlson's show on Fox News, he said that after he was verbally abused by students on campus, a subsequent meeting with the administration was even worse,. He was right. The below-linked video is sickening.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/32824/
First of all, let's call this for what it is. This is racism, pure and simple. Secondly, this is indeed a case of the chickens coming home to roost. Evergreen is one of the most liberal small colleges in the country. This is how they have trained these idiots to believe.
I am no fan of college administrators and liberal professors, but these people should not have to suffer this indignity. The students who mouthed these racist profanities at the administrators should be expelled. Of course, it won't happen.
* Update: From the Washington Times. The president, George Bridges, (who uses the pronouns "he" and "him", not "zey" or "dworftz") has now issued a statement saying he is "grateful" for the passion of little fascists. This man is a model of masochism.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/29/evergreen-state-college-president-expresses-gratit/
Monday, May 29, 2017
UC Irvine's Week of Events on Refugees: Did They Forget Middle East Christrians, Yazidis, Baha'i?
During the week of May 8-12, several organizations at UC Irvine held a series of events bring awareness to the plight of refugees. I did not attend these events as I was tied up with the annual bash-Israel week and a May 10 pro-Israel event (which was disrupted).
I have, however, inquired with the organizations that participated in the events. They are:
Hearts of Mercy UCI (An organization focused on Syrian refugees)
Below is the published schedule of events:
http://illuminations.uci.edu/events/2017_5_08_Refugee_Awareness_Week.html
In addition, here is an article on the refugee events by New University, UCI's campus paper:
https://www.newuniversity.org/2017/05/16/refugee-awareness-week-and-anti-zionism-week-provoke-debate-on-campus/
I may be in error, but I have the impression that the events focused mostly on the issue of the Syrian refugees. I have also failed to find any references to the plight of Christians, Yazidis or Baha'i in the Middle East. Therefore, on May 18, I wrote the below email to the above organizations asking whether those groups were discussed.
In addition, here is an article on the refugee events by New University, UCI's campus paper:
https://www.newuniversity.org/2017/05/16/refugee-awareness-week-and-anti-zionism-week-provoke-debate-on-campus/
I may be in error, but I have the impression that the events focused mostly on the issue of the Syrian refugees. I have also failed to find any references to the plight of Christians, Yazidis or Baha'i in the Middle East. Therefore, on May 18, I wrote the below email to the above organizations asking whether those groups were discussed.
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Dear Gary,
To the best of my knowledge, the events were not recorded. Thank you for your interest in refugee week.
Warmly,
Ellen
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