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2018-10-08 Home Front: WoT

Wisconsin Student Outraged Because Terrorism Course Discusses Jihad

[PJ] How divorced from reality are our nation’s college and university campuses today? This divorced from reality: a terrorism class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has become the focus of controversy for daring to discuss Islamic jihad in connection with terrorism. The connection between Islamic jihad and terrorism is as obvious as the fact that water is wet, but not on campus today.

"Lectures slated for October," the College Fix reported Wednesday, "include topics such as ’Islam and the West,’ ’The origins of Jihad,’ ’Al Qaida,’ ’9/11,’ ’The Islamic State’ and ’Jihad in Africa,’ according to a syllabus screenshot."

That all seems fairly straightforward -- but only in the real world, not at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State do exist, 9/11 did happen, and there is jihad activity against the West and in Africa. However, Muslim student Ali Khan "took to social media to express outrage over the content of ’Political Science 347: Terrorism’ and the way the professor approached the subject."

Khan fumed that the class represented "an American exceptionalism perspective to advance a zionist, orientalist, and/or neocolonialist agenda." He added: "You cannot define terrorism singularly by the actions of terrorist groups or non-state actors without including state-sponsored terrorism," a clear indication that he wanted the class to discuss supposed Israeli terrorism.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-10-08 06:15|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison Sterling Hall plaque. Some things have changed very little. Dr. Robert Fassnacht has been unable to comment on this or any other topic for some 48 years now.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-10-08 06:30|| 2018-10-08 06:30|| Front Page Top

#2 You cannot define terrorism singularly by the actions of terrorist groups

That's what's know as post-modern analysis. Lewis Carroll was ahead of his time.

Posted by AlanC 2018-10-08 09:23|| 2018-10-08 09:23|| Front Page Top

#3 When will outrage by muslim's be outlawed?

Posted by 3dc 2018-10-08 11:06|| 2018-10-08 11:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Outrage him with a broom handle.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-10-08 11:58|| 2018-10-08 11:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Isn't all that Western learning stuff, uh, haram?

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-10-08 19:19|| 2018-10-08 19:19|| Front Page Top

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