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The Council on Islamic American Relations (CAIR), a US branch of the Muslim Brotherhood with links to Hamas, is at it again. Now they have published a list of the "10-most hostile (for Muslims) campuses". For the second straight year, Stanford University has made the "top ten". This news has not gone unnoticed by the Stanford Daily. You can read their report, dated February 11, here.
Isn't it amazing that the very bullies and campus disrupters who have brought such disrepute to university campuses over the past couple of decades are crying that they are being picked on? For years, institutions like Stanford have turned a blind eye as (some) Muslim students and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), backed to the hilt by organizations like CAIR, have wreaked havoc on campuses like Stanford. And finally, when several campuses decided last year that there must be consequences for anti-Jewish hate speech, bullying, campus encampments, disruption, and occupation of university buildings, CAIR cries foul.
On the contrary, I would argue that Stanford has been a hostile campus for Jewish students, who, by the way, are not disrupting, engaging in hate speech, occupying buildings, or bullying anybody.
And isn't it laughable that CAIR puts Columbia University at the top of its list- arguably the most hostile university in the nation for Jewish students?
And by what logic does adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism make a campus hostile to Muslims?
And while the Stanford Daily is reaching out to CAIR representatives in their San Francisco office for comment, they might want to ask about anti-Semitic statements attributed to their CEO, Zahra Billoo, over the years.
This report put out by CAIR is just the latest example of their blatant hypocrisy.
5 comments:
I'm not quite following how anti-Jewish discrimination somehow negates anti-Islamic discrimination. I mean, both things can be true, can't they? I imagine that there's even a wide overlap between those who target Jews and those who target Muslims.
I think that the accusations should be evaluated on their own merits and not dismissed so quickly. Any and all discrimination is bad.
Fair question and one I wrestle with since I have criticized Islam as well as Islamic terrorists and organizations like CAIR. I have made it clear on many occasions that I don't blame all Muslims for the problems I write about, and I condemn any attacks against them.
There is a difference, however. First of all, Jews are not terrorizing the world in the name of their religion or forcing anyone to convert. They do not insult other religions. (Of course, there are exceptions, but very few.)
If we allow accusations of Islamophobia to silence us, then we cannot discuss Islamic terrorism, criticize CAIR, etc., or discuss how the teachings of Islam lead (many-not all) to commit violence. The nexus is obvious.
Of course, there are negative attitudes towards Islam and Islamist Muslims. The reasons are obvious, and as long as we don't condemn all Muslims, it should be open for discussion.
Here is a suggestion: Read the Koran, and try to read it in chronological order as the suras were recorded (Most Korans are in order of the longer suras first, then to the shortest. That makes it confusing and contradictory.)
Also, read the life of Mohammad. His prophecy began peacefully in Mecca and gradually became hateful and warlike in Medina. Reading the Koran Mecca suras first, then Medina suras makes sense of it all. Also, keep in mind that the Islamic Schools, who are the highest authority when it comes to dogma, have come up with the solution to resolving the contradictions in the Koran. In case of conflicting verses, those which come later in time abrogate those conflicting verses that were revealed earlier. It is the principle of abrogation.
Gary, I'm not trying to be rude here. Honestly. But dude, sometimes you just go into autopilot. I've read essentially these exact same words from you more than once.
None of it really addresses my question though, does it?
If you're trying to convince me that Islam contains some really problematic doctrines, I'm already there.
But that doesn't cancel out that some Muslims have been targeted for harassment. Both of those things can be true, can't they? Just like how a school that's hostile towards Jewish students might ALSO be hostile towards Muslims, right?
My experience at the collegiate level is that our schools are prostrating themselves for Muslims rather than harassing them. They have been intimidated by Muslim students and their supporters in CAIR, ICNA, MPAC etc. The result is that Jewish students are facing a very hostile atmosphere on campuses.
While you're always going to be older than me, Gary, one thing that I've come to realize as my beard goes grey (I'm 52) is that oftentimes, my experience doesn't offer a very representative view of the entire situation. I don't deny or invalidate your experience, but I doubt that you see the whole picture - much as the folks at CAIR probably only see what concerns them.
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