Shana Tova, Tzoom Kal
Mr Jewish
From Education to Science to Politics to Current Affairs
There are worrying double standards today amongst Muslims, where they are proud to defame other religions, calling Jihad on infidels, to call Jews pigs and Christians crusaders.Lets sit back and take stock of this situation shall we. I read in the paper recently that if logic would prevail, then this whole Pope - Islam situation should be headlined:- Nearly 5,000 Christians were displaced in riots
Pope Calls Islam Violent, Muslims Go on Violent Rampage...
The irony in this whole situation is evidently so ludicrous as to have blind sided the average man on the street. Indeed its almost laughable.
Since the Pope made his remarks :
- Six were injured on September 20th during this rampage.
- 18 churcheshave been torched and left in riuns
- 20 Christian homes burned to the ground
- 40 Christian shops in Dutse, the capital of Jigawa state in Northern Nigeria have been put out of busines.
- A nun has been brutally stabbed to death
In another shocking development in what is fast appearing as a global trend of anti-zionism, a number of Irish academics have agreed to boycott Israeli Universities and Academics. More than sixty Irish professors and lecturers have signed an open letter to the EU requesting that it cease financial support and all payments (incuding cooperation) with Israeli universities and academics.
First published in the popular Irish Times in September, the Irish are also pressing academics globally to unite against what they term "Israel's policy of violent repression against the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, and its aggression against the people of Lebanon". Teaching staff representing every Irish University have lent their name to this ludicrously anti-zionist document.
In the letter, carefully drafted to avoid a sense of anti-semitism, the Irish are quoted as:
"We call for a moratorium on any further such support to Israeli academic institutions, at both national and European levels. We urge our fellow academics to support this moratorium by refraining, where possible, from further joint collaborations with Israeli academic institutions."
The letter ends with the ultimatum to Israel "Such a moratorium should continue until Israel abides by UN resolutions and ends the occupation of Palestinian territories."
This action is worrying and should be condemmed by all for the following reasons:
1. Israeli universities let alone its teaching staff cannot be held accountable to the policies of its government regardless of right or wrong.
4. The letter fails to mention any background to Israels actions, not does it make any effort to condemn terrorism in its ugly incarnation in the Palestinian culture.
This open letter is the 4th attempt by Irish academics to boycott Israeli universities. Last year members of the Association of University Teachers voted to cease all cooperation with Haifa and Bar Ilan universities, and in earlier this year, the NAT attempted to pass a similar resolution amongst its members.
It is surely time for the world to speak up against this academic racism. In America we are seeing similar oubursts by scholars and so called teachers. Are we paying tax to have our children indoctrinated by terrorist sympathisers / virilant anti-semites? This leftist policy of indoctrination must end, we must institute a fair and balanced curriculum of debate and discussion and avoid this wilful posture of antagonism.