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You host/allow the Muslim Student Association. According to it's website, (msauiuc.org), it openly and proudly connects to national organizations which have, without doubt, been linked with support of terrorism against the US. What kind? Either financial, and/or ideological (supporting Islamic answers that conflict with simple civic values and the Constitution. Sadly, I doubt they conflict with what's allowed within the UIUC). These groups include, at the very least: CAIR, ISNA, MSA national, Al-Islam, SunniPath, IslamQA. Upon further request, I will provide examples to this effect ASAP. I will not only refuse donations to my alma mater, but I will likely encourage other alumni to do likewise unless you drastically change your relationship with the Islamic community. not radical islamic. not extremist. Islamic is all of the above no less than Nazi-esque or Racist, and to speak of either of those in terms of moderation is idiotic. Ditto. I'd like to express my dissatisfaction with your allowance of these groups on campus, and disgust with having been preached to by your University that you are some sort of Public Ivy or otherwise a paragon of all that is good and civilized. If you're going to get into the Islam is Peace argument, save it. Been there many times, and I have yet to lose with regards to my claim to the contrary. Incidentally, ask them how they feel about gay rights, the state of Israel (you know, that sole American ally and western-mentality country in the Middle East); and in relation to Israel, why they would advocate a 1967 border split between it and Palestine when during and prior to 1967, Muslims were not content with said borders and intended to exterminate Israeli inhabitants to the last. Ask them why Hitler's Mein Kampf remains a perrennial favorite among Turks. The Turks being the most moderate and Westernized of the Islamic world. This is where they drink, and shave, and produce the incredibly-liberal-and-risque soap Noor (translated: Light. Name of the heroine). Ask them why between terrorist attacks such as 9/11, 7/7, Beslan and countless others on one hand; and trivial cartoons and Rushdie honorings on the other, Muslims around the world took the latter to be against Islam on any large scale. Ask them why revulsion against the likes of Al-Queda took hold in Islamic countries only after they started killing other Muslims, but not when they were intent on killing only Americans or other infidels (non-muslims). Ask them what the following terms mean: jizya, dhimmi, taqqiyah, kuffar, and wherefrom they derive (hint: from their tolerant, honest, scientific religious teachings). Ask them: Hypothetically speaking, on what basis should a people whose religion is openly intolerant be tolerated in a democratic society. Ask them why other minorities who come to the West, such as Sikhs, Hindus, Jains, East Asians, Latinos, Africans, etc... all face similar racial discrimination, stereotype projections, language barriers, culture shocks, and so on, and yet none are investigated for large-scale covert terrorist support on a regular basis. Ask them what the following common arabic/Islamic phrase refers to: First on Saturday, then on Sunday. Ask them why Lebanon was considered to be a victim of aggression by Israel about 20-30 years ago when Israel was there to protect Christian Lebanese from Muslim marauders slaughtering non-believers without any cause other than their non-Islamic beliefs. Ask them why Muslims around the world insisted 9/11 was the work of Bush/Jews/Illuminati and had nothing to do with Muslims, and yet why those same Muslims insist it was a great victory for them and their religion. Referring back to claims of scientific and the like: Ask them whether Islam is in accordance with reason and science and such. When they invariably say yes, ask them whether or not it's standard Islamic doctrine and allegedly God's Immaculate Truth that the man they take to be their prophet literally flew into the sky to heaven. On a horse. LITERALLY. Not to be taken as a metaphor for reaching any kind of spiritual enlightenment, prayer-induced rapture, or deep meditative state of mind. Nothing like that. But whether he flew there physically and no less than to the extent he could be tracked by radar, had it existed at the time. What does all this lead to? I respectfully request that you reassess your relationship with any and all things Islamic. Got the impression that alumni have a voice of sorts (at least if only proportional to their contributions), and I'd like to put that into effect with regard to your treatment of this religion (and I use the term loosely). wrote:
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