The site of Nonie Darwish's address had to be changed, but it went on as scheduled. The student who organized the event, and others as well, strongly suspected that the arson was connected to Nonie's appearance on campus, as you can see from the letter below.
This indicates an increasing desperation on the part of the campus Left and its Islamic supremacist allies. They cannot refute the truths about jihad and Islamic supremacism that speakers like Nonie Darwish reveal, so they increasingly resort to thuggery: cancellations based on smears. Pie-throwing. Libelous email campaigns.
The one thing they do not do, and cannot do, is prove false what we are saying in defense of freedom against the global jihad. Generally they do not make the attempt, and when they do, only spin out ridiculous farragos full of tu quoque and other detours. More often, they attempt to silence and marginalize us in Alinskyite fashion -- thereby revealing their abject intellectual bankruptcy.
Here is the student organizer's letter to Nonie Darwish:
Dear Mrs. Darwish,I just wanted to thank you for speaking at Boston University yesterday. I would like to apologize again for the confusion regarding the location of the event because of the fire. So far we know the fire was intentionally set in one of the bathrooms on the second floor of the building. It is still under investigation and I will let you know if any more updates come out. I was not the only person to think that the fire could have been set because you were scheduled to speak but I will inform you of any more developments. Once again thank you so much for coming to Boston University and I speak for everyone who attended the event when I say what you had to say was not only extremely important but a pleasure hearing.
The same student sent along an article about Nonie's speech. "Activist: Arab-Israeli conflict rooted in Islamic law," by Ciera Sadé Wade for the Daily Free Press, December 3:
The Arab-Israeli conflict will not be resolved unless the Middle East stops enforcing restrictive Islamic Laws on society, a writer and human rights activist said.Nonie Darwish, author of several books including, "Cruel and Unusual [actually, it's "Usual"] Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law," spoke about human and women's rights in the Middle East at Hillel House on Wednesday to an audience of 15.
Darwish said finger pointing is a problem in the Arab culture.
"Part of the Arab culture that is standing in the way of reformation is a lack of self-criticism," she said.
Darwish, who grew up in Cairo, Egypt, said her Gaza elementary school subjected her to "intense hate speech" and peace was never an option.
"A lot of what Arabs understand is really fabrication," she said.
Darwish said she started speaking after 9/11 when she discovered the terrorist leader was from her hometown. Mohamed Atta, a 9/11 terrorist, is from Cairo.
"I called a lot of people in Egypt, and they said 'How dare you say this? This is a Jewish conspiracy,'" she said. "My heart was broken, and I sincerely cried."
Darwish said her country is not seeing the reality of today's world
"The truth is the only thing that will save them," she said.
In addition, she said, Islam has wounded women. For example, men can have four wives and beat them for disobedience.
"A woman under Islamic law cannot get a divorce," she said. "However, men can divorce his wife verbally under Islamic law . . . Wife killing is a phenomenon in Muslim countries."
Women must have four male witnesses to prove rape, Darwish said. And women have to be virgins when they marry or they are killed.
"She has committed adultery unless there are four male witnesses," she said. "Women are in prison for sexual violations."
Darwish also discussed the rights of non-Muslims in Islamic countries.
"Under Islamic law, Jews and Christians can live in an Islamic country only if they live as inferior, pay taxes and give money to the Muslim state," she said.
Darwish said she believes these laws are the root of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
"The root of the conflict is seventh-century laws that are still practiced today, and no one wants to end these laws," she said. "It's still on books and taken seriously."...
The root of the conflict is seventh-century laws that are still practiced today, and no one wants to end these laws...
Wrong. The root of the conflict is that antisemitism is a basic building block, a key foundation stone, of the belief system that named itself Submit back in the 7th century.
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True enough, this is a PR problem for Moslems, having a belief system based on prejudice, hatred, and aggression. But luckily for the Moslems they can make use of the modern toolkit of opinion programming. Agitprop, somnoprop, Fictive Realities, you name it.
The Moslems can overcome the awful truth about them and prevail on TV, the radio, in the newspapers, and in the classrooms.
I have to say I'm surprised. I attended Boston University, and back then (5 years or so ago) it was definitely a very apathetic campus. If this had happened at Harvard I wouldn't be at all surprised, but Boston University? I'm ashamed of my Alma mater today.
It's just mind blowing. Leftists can decry neo-Fascists to be "right-wing" but then when it comes to speakers who they disagree with, it's okay to start fires?
Stolen from "Atlas".
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Ho-ho! This is really a hot stuff !
If this is what I think, then Nonie must be doing something extremely good!
Take care Nonie.
( And you too, "SMOKIN' HOT CHICK"... ).
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P.S.
( And you Mr. Spencer!... )
Stolen from "Atlas".
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Ho-ho! This is really a hot stuff !
If this is what I think, then Nonie must be doing something extremely good!
Take care Nonie.
( And you too, "SMOKIN' HOT CHICK"... ).
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P.S.
( And you Mr. Spencer!... )
It's just mind blowing. Leftists can decry neo-Fascists to be "right-wing" but then when it comes to speakers who they disagree with, it's okay to start fires?
It's pretty sad that muslims are so terrified of the truth that they resort to arson to silence a speaker. Their desperation is becoming obvious and I fear the riots are coming. Is the MSA on every college campus in America? I would love to know how so many rabid, obtuse muslims manage to get into our finest universities. Apparently this is the "diversity" agenda in action.
Some schools are beginning to cave to the justified criticism from alumni and parents and are allowing controversial, non-leftist speakers. The written protests from muslims aren't working as well and if this trend continues, muslims will do what they always do----go berserk. It is inevitable. I would love to see them kicked out of our universities and deported, but I won't hold my breath.
Funny! While I was over at the Daily News site I noticed this article,"BU community counters anti-gay, anti-Semite protest"
It seems that Islamists are not the only ones we must worry about when it comes to "hate speech".
"A peaceful Boston University counter-protest of more than 200 people faced six picketers Tuesday afternoon from the Westboro Baptist Church, who held signs with messages such as “The Jews killed Jesus,” “God hates fags” and “Thank God for AIDS,” outside the Hillel House.
Escorted by police, the small group of picketing church members, including two young children, arrived at 3:30 p.m. and left at 4 p.m., parading on campus its condemnation of homosexuality while on the same day the Washington, D.C. City Council cast a preliminary vote in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage.
WBC, infamous for its all-inclusive message of obedience to God and hate for homosexuals, Jews, American soldiers and many other groups, picketed around the nation and across the city in light of World AIDS Day. The Church, led by Fred Phelps in Topeka, Kan., holds protests around the country regularly."
Disgusting display of Christianity gone wrong!
We must stop or convert this group of morons as well.
While Islamic Jihad is a global problem, anybody dare guess how many people attend the Westboro Baptist church? According from the stats on the web...71 people.Unless Westboro starts advocating and or performing terrorist activities to enforce their "God hates - [whoever]" doctrines..."stopping" them becomes one of those gray areas of denying free speech.
Telling someone God hates whatever is a matter of faith & doctrine...but becoming the enforcer themselves is a crime against humanity no matter what you believe.