Translate

Friday, March 5, 2010

How about a “Middle East Apartheid Education Week" ?

Now that would be something eh?!  So much material to talk about every which way you look that studentse would be able to fill pages upon endless pages.  I  fully agree with author and journalist Prof. Alan Dershowitz whose excellent suggestion should be considered by students who know that the present bullying of Jewish students on campuses, more so during the Israel apartheid week is pure propaganda put up by the Left, the bloated Unions and their bosom pals, the beloved Palestinians. Prof.Dershowitz's list for Apartheid education includes, for a start: (Emphasis mine)

Saudi Arabia:
Under this principle, the first country studied would be Saudi Arabia. That tyrannical kingdom practices gender apartheid to an extreme, relegating women to an extremely low status. Indeed, a prominent Saudi Imam recently issued a fatwa declaring that anyone who advocates women working alongside men or otherwise compromises with absolute gender apartheid is subject to execution. The Saudis also practice apartheid based on sexual orientation, executing and imprisoning gay and lesbian Saudis. Finally, Saudi Arabia openly practices religious apartheid. It has special roads for “Muslims only.” It discriminates against Christians, refusing them the right to practice their religion openly. And needless to say, it doesn’t allow Jews the right to live in Saudi Arabia, to own property or even (with limited exceptions) to enter the country. Now that’s apartheid with a vengeance.

Hamas:
The second entity on any apartheid list would be Hamas, which is the de facto government of the Gaza Strip. Hamas too discriminates openly against women, gays, Christians. It permits no dissent, no free speech, and no freedom of religion

Jordan:
Every single Middle East country practices these forms of apartheid to one degree or another. Consider the most “liberal” and pro-American nation in the area, namely Jordan. The Kingdom of Jordan, which the King himself admits is not a democracy, has a law on its books forbidding Jews from becoming citizens or owning land. Despite the efforts of its progressive Queen, women are still de facto subordinate in virtually all aspects of Jordanian life

Iran:
Iran, of course, practices no discrimination against gays, because its President has assured us that there are no gays in Iran.

Pakistan:
In Pakistan, Sikhs have been executed for refusing to convert to Islam, and throughout the Middle East, honor killings of women are practiced, often with a wink and a nod from the religious and secular authorities.............

.......The current “Israel Apartheid Week” on universities around the world, by focusing only on the imperfections of the Middle East’s sole democracy, is carefully designed to cover up far more serious problems of real apartheid in Arab and Muslim nations. The question is why do so many students identify with regimes that denigrate women, gays, non-Muslims, dissenters, environmentalists and human rights advocates, while demonizing a democratic regime that grants equal rights to women (the chief justice and speaker of the Parliament of Israel are women), gays (there are openly gay generals in the Israeli Army), non-Jews (Muslims and Christians serve in high positions in Israel) and dissenters, (virtually all Israelis dissent about something). Israel has the best environmental record in the Middle East, it exports more life saving medical technology than any country in the region and it has sacrificed more for peace than any country in the Middle East. Yet on many college campuses democratic, egalitarian Israel is a pariah, while sexist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, terrorist Hamas is a champion. There is something very wrong with this picture.
HudsonNY

3 comments:

  1. Start with the collusion of the student governments and lack of democratic participation from the student population in participating in the decision of the student leaders.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Apartheid With a Vengeance! That sounds like a great title for a movie. I would say that several mulsim countries not allowing Jews would qualify as a form of Apartheird.

    ReplyDelete
  3. They are not mutually exclusive ya know...

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.