“The passing of this resolution might make a space that is unsafe for students on campus even more unsafe. Islamophobia and racism fueled through that are alive and well.” If the MSA, a Muslim Brotherhood organization, really wants to stamp out “Islamophobia,” it can work toward that by stopping endlessly claiming victimhood status, and showing by its support of this moment of silence that it really does reject and abhor what happened on 9/11, as officials at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities assume it does.
Instead, this. The MSA is fueling suspicion of Muslims, which it will then turn around and complain about as more “Islamophobia.”
“MSA Rejects Moment of Recognition Resolution for 9/11,” by Kasey Carpenter, Minnesota Republic, November 11, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller):
On Tuesday, November 10, the Minnesota Student Association (MSA)–the undergraduate student government at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (UMN)– rejected a resolution for a moment of recognition on future anniversaries of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Theo Menon, the student group representative to MSA for the College Republicans (CRs) at UMN, introduced the resolution; MSA’s forum voted against it 36-23 (with three abstentions). The proposed resolution pointed to the university’s lack of any sort of commemoration regarding the attacks on 9/11. It then called for a campus-wide moment of recognition on every September 11 from now on.
“I wrote this resolution because I think we need to recognize the victims of this world-changing event,” said Menon, “The innocent men, women, and servicemen who died on that day deserve to be honored.”
Nathan Amundson serves as President of UMN’s Young Americans for Liberty chapter and student group representative for Write Things, a creative writing group. Amundson said debate on the resolution centered around whether enacting the moment of recognition might instill a more islamophobic sentiment on campus.
“This resolution was non-controversial and was supported by the MSA’s President and Vice-President,” said Amundson, “However, several members, in exchanges with CRs rep Theo Menon, were militant in their opposition to it due to a perceived bias toward Muslims.”
Other proponents of the resolution argued in forum that its passage could bring up controversial topics, and that a healthy dialogue and campus tension reduction would ensue from the moment of recognition.
At-large MSA representative and Director of Diversity and Inclusion David Algadi voiced severe criticism of the resolution. He also made sure to emphasize 9/11’s status as a national tragedy in his response.
“The passing of this resolution might make a space that is unsafe for students on campus even more unsafe,” said Algadi, “Islamophobia and racism fueled through that are alive and well.”
Algadi added that holding a moment of recognition over a tragedy committed by non-white perpetrators could increase racist attitudes on campus, asking, “When will we start having moments of silence for all of the times white folks have done something terrible?”…

nacazo says
Algadi added that “holding a moment of recognition over a tragedy committed by non-white perpetrators”
I’m not an expert but Arab people (9-11 perpetrators were all Arabs) are Caucasoid (i.e., white).
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
No, Arabs are a non-white race group, at least I think. Arab is an old race formed when their forebears were run south into the worthless desert wastelands tens of thousands of years ago. Turks are also non-white. Persians are closer to white, given their proximity to the Aryan race across northern India and in the Caucasus Mountains to the north, but are also regarded a distinct race group. Based on photos of the Kurds, it looks like they are a Moslem version of the Armenian race group, which some consider the southern border of Caucasians, located in the western foothills of the Caucasus Mountains. The ancient histories indicate that Asia Minor was once all Caucasian — mainly Hittite and Assyrian — before the Seljuk and Ottoman Turks rolled in from Central Asia and chased them out as filthy Infidels. It was not until 900 years later that the Turks took care of the Armenians, a more intractable Infidel problem.
Look at pics of the Kurdish fighters and natives. Lots of light hair. That they are rumored to treat their women with respect does not speak well for them as Moslems. They are a southern version of the Poles: on one side the Turks hate their guts, on the other side the Persians hate their guts even more.
Theodoric says
I believe you are mistaken. The original Arabs were just as Caucasoid as Europeans were. The chief reason modern Arabs and Turks may look “non-white” is because of the massive slave-trading in which Arabs and Turks engaged in the centuries since Islam was founded.
Kepha says
There are plenty of Greeks and Southern Italians who are pretty swarthy-looking, too. As for the Turks, are you telling me that Mehmet Oz isn’t a white man? He looks as if he could be George Stephanopoulos’ long-lost cousin (he probably is).
Speaking as someone who believes firmly in only one human race, Muslims aren’t a “race”, even if we accept for the sake of argument that all the skin, hair, and other such variations were all that meaningful. Muslims run the whole gamut of colors and hair types. What distinguishes them is a religion.
boakai ngombu says
declare the Muslim Brotherhood to be a terrorist organization. proper recognition of whose whining
Edward says
Oh, so David Algadi says:
“When will we start having moments of silence for all of the times white folks have done something terrible?”
So this guy thinks that when white folks defend themselves is doing “something terrible”!
“Remember The Alamo”, “Remember Pearl Harbor”, Remember Iwo Jima….etc.
The usual liberal mantra “thy shall not defend thy self” for it will hurt the feelings of the underdogs!
Underdogs > a victim of social or political injustice: The shameless underdogs are beginning to organize their protests.
Edward says
Oops wording error correction:
“So this guy thinks that when white folks defend themselves are doing something terrible”
Chabuco says
So islamophobic!? Bu… bu… but Islam nor Muslims had any connection to 9/11. It was the Illuminati and reptoids after sniffing on them chem-trails
Hahaha… gotta love the Freudian slip, cognitive dissonance and lack of self-awareness. Pedophile worshipers, not even once!
ballotcode says
MB and its’ affiliates need to be recognized for who and what they are.
The intentional obfuscation of some fairly basic and critical facts needs to be illuminated.
Carolyne says
The Muslim Brotherhood is regularly invited to Hussein Obama’s White House as well as having infiltrated the top levels of our government. Hillary Clinton’s second most important aide is a member of the Muslim Sisterhood and her father was one of the founders of the Muslim Brotherhood. Although she was born in Michigan, she was taken to her father’s homeland, Saudi Arabia, at a young age and returned to the US to attend Georgetown University in Washington. While a student there, she became an intern in the White House and was chosen as Hillary Clinton’s aide as First Lady and as Secretary of State. How can the Muslim Brotherhood be declared a terrorist organization since those who would designate it as such are themselves either members or close associates?
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
A couple of days ago I was growing restive, a little jealous at all the attention garnered by Mizzou and Yale. Then this came out and I breathed easier, we’re in the game too. In fact, I’d say the U of Minnesota is at the head of the pack, cuz censoring recognition of the world changing 9/11 Jihad mass murder has got to trump fake charges of campus racism at Mizzou and the meltdown at Yale over allowing free speech that could offend certain identity groups. Right?
Theodoric says
Spencer and Geller both read the article too fast.
MSA in the article means MINNESOTA Students Association, not Muslim Student Association.
“On Tuesday, November 10, the Minnesota Student Association (MSA)–the undergraduate student government at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (UMN)– rejected a resolution for a moment of recognition on future anniversaries of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks”
Angemon says
Let’s see from the top of my head: atomic bombs dropped over Japan, Breivik’s killings, the battle of Ypres… I could go on, but you see where I’m getting at. The idea here is simply to implying racism in order to silence critics.
9/11 was an attack on America and the American people, period.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
When will we start having moments of silence for all of the times white folks have done something terrible?
We have such moments 24/7/365, often in classrooms, too often, but also on computers cutting wealth transfer payments in the form of welfare and also in racist discrimination admission, promotion and hiring decisions required by law. It’s called Affirmative Action and EEO.
That’s when.
gravenimage says
Muslim Student Association rejects moment of recognition resolution for 9/11
“The passing of this resolution might make a space that is unsafe for students on campus even more unsafe. Islamophobia and racism fueled through that are alive and well.”
………………….
The usual–Muslims murder thousands of innocent people; claim victimhood.
Memridotorg says
Keith Ellison thug muslim elected to Congress is turning that city into the hq for jihad isa
Memridotorg says
Keith Ellison thug muslim elected to Congress is turning that city into the hq for jihad usa
Arthur says
When will we start having moments of silence for all of the times white folks have done something terrible?
The point of remembrance is not to remember the perpetrators of the crime, but those who were attacked and those who showed heroism in responding. The words of the opponents to the resolution betray their nature to identify with the attackers, not the attacked. They only see from the perspective of the attackers.