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Reader comment on item: Sudden Jihad Syndrome – It's Now Official

Submitted by gary fouse (United States), Jan 15, 2008 at 20:05

"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil"


Below is the letter I have sent tonight to the New University (University of California-Irvine campus newspaper) in response to this week's article reporting the findings of the Dept of Education Office of Civil Rights that there is no anti-Semitism at the campus.


UCI, its administrators and CAIR should not be so quick to congratulate themselves on the findings of the DOE Civil Rights Office that no anti-Semitism exists on this campus. As long as the MSU continues to bring in hate mongers like Amir Abdel Malik Ali and Alim Musa as speakers, there is a real problem with anti-Semitism.

Yes, the Israel-Palestinian issue is the basis for the controversy, and reasonable people can disagree on this issue. However, does that justify speakers like the above two in calling suicide bombers "heroes"? Does that justify those speakers advocating hate and violence in driving the Jews from the region?

I have listened to the words of both of these men. When Malik Ali rants about "Zionist Jews", he often literally spits the word "Jews" out in the same manner that German Nazis spat out the word "Jude". Putting the word "Zionist" in front of it doesn't necessarily remove the hateful message. To this day, the German word for Jew (Jude) is an emotionally charged word in that language. If spoken in a certain tone, no racist epithet is necessary. (The Nazis only used the word Jude in their lexicon.) It is also true (to a somewhat lesser extent) in English. I think Malik Ali knows that. Yet, he and his defenders will insist that it is only "Zionist Jews" with whom they have a problem. That is disingenuous.

It seems to me that UCI's concept of hate speech is centered around political correctness. In other words, certain groups can say what they want about certain other groups, and the university will stick its collective head in the sand and ignore it in the name of Free Speech.
But if certain other groups are the targets, that is a different story. Hate speech against any group of people is hate speech-period. There are plenty of soap boxes on the city street corners for the likes of Malik Ali and Musa. There is no constitutional requirement that any university provide them with a forum.

Unfortunately, the university and DOE have chosen to ignore the numerous complaints of its Jewish students about the above hate speech as well as numerous complaints of verbal and physical intimidation. With few exceptions, faculty has chosen to remain silent, either out of fear, apathy or sympathy with the radicals.

Notwithstanding the whitewash and the spin, UCI's nationwide reputation as a hotbed of anti-Semitic activity remains in full view. What is really sad is that a tiny minority of students and their supporters can cast a cloud over the 99.9% of UCI's students who are not involved in this disgrace.

Gary Fouse
Adjunct teacher
UCI Ext

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yup, it's little... [39 words]TajFeb 14, 2008 22:26118944
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bad vision [109 words]TajFeb 21, 2008 17:23118944
one left field to another... [121 words]TajFeb 21, 2008 20:23118944
In the middle of center [155 words]humanistFeb 25, 2008 05:02118944
close, yet... [259 words]TajFeb 26, 2008 04:58118944
Humanist you are just being politically correct. [60 words]IndhinduFeb 19, 2011 07:32118944
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All of them have it !! [55 words]JaladhiJan 18, 2008 09:49118389
Sweeping generalizations by the OBSES-ed [153 words]Addo EijlsumMar 19, 2008 09:27118389
Sudden jihad syndrome has it's roots in teachings of Quran!!! [304 words]JaladhiMar 27, 2008 13:36118389
It's utter nonsense to ignore the various unholy bases of Muslims' SJS [169 words]Addo EijlsumMar 31, 2008 07:31118389
UC Irvine-Letter to campus Newspaper [494 words]gary fouseJan 15, 2008 20:05118291
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