This is reminiscent of all the Muslim academics, including Joseph Lumbard and Jonathan A. C. Brown, who have boasted that they would destroy me in debate but then ducked out of opportunities to do so. If what they’re saying is true, why are all Islamic spokesmen so unwilling to debate in a neutral setting or entertain questions in an open forum?
“Christian accuses Oxford of ‘bias,’” by Nicholas Hellen, Sunday Times, February 26 2017 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A trainee Church of England priest at Oxford University has accused it of discrimination and bias after he says he was told he could not ask a lecturer critical questions about Islam.
The student has filed a formal complaint to the university’s proctors’ office in which he claims the lecturer pointed at him in a seminar and said: “Everybody can ask a question except you.”
The student, Shahriar Ashrafkhorasani, 33, is an Iranian-born convert from Islam who is set to become a Church of England priest in July, while the lecturer, Minlib Dallh, is a research fellow at Regent’s Park College in Oxford on a project about love in religion part-sponsored by the King of Jordan….

DJ says
Time for the C of E to go back to its roots with missionary work in the muslim areas of Britain.
No, i don’t believe they would dare either.
Bishop Nazir-Ali could have done it.
dumbledoresarmy says
This young man, so far as I can discover, converted to Christianity *in the UK*. (Yep, the Church is *not* dead there yet; nor even the Church of England, given that *somebody* in the C. of. E. seems to have been involved in evangelising and catechising him!).
I would guess that he will be working on two ‘fronts’ – 1/ reminding lukewarm Christians of what an amazing God they actually have, and trying to ginger them up a bit and get them more appreciative of the faith they are taking so lightly and 2/ evangelising among his former coreligionists, and making sure that native British Christians who are doing the same, are equipped with the knowledge they need, to do so more effectively. After all: *he* knows what drew *him* out of Islam.
mortimer says
CofE can still do its duty to evangelize. They just have to do it. Start handing out the Bible. Invite people to study groups.
John spielman says
Islam is a doctrine of Satan, the father of lies and deceptions. it cannot stand the truth and must be protected from being exposed. That is what Oxford did here
marina says
Islam would collapse under scrutiny
jude says
Well they can’t defend islam with the facts we all have so they prefer to protect it and deny islam is anything but perfect. I was reading this today, it’s sad the length leftists go to to protect islam.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/02/27/nearly-10-anti-migrant-attacks-day-germany-data-shows
Donovan Nuera says
Can we start bandying about the term “Islamophilia” and start making it a derogatory term on par with pedophilia? Use their language to tumble them.
Peter Buckley says
No surprise here. Muslim immigrants are converting in big numbers throughout the UK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dpon43VgdY
Clever move on the part of C of E to ordain a former muslim. I expect many more in the years to come.
dumbledoresarmy says
Clueless as the Abp of Canterbury is, he *is* summoning the church throughout the UK – and beyond – to engage in a couple of weeks of intense and focused prayer for **mission and evangelism** during the period between Ascension Day (late May) and Pentecost (early June) this year. The name of this prayer project is “Thy Kingdom Come”.
Who knows: if engaged in ‘with intent’ by hundreds of thousands of the ‘remnant faithful’ in the UK – and beyond! – it may receive an answer far beyond anyone’s expectations.
cal vanknett says
Like …canada..muslims are protected . We know as they..that there is no truth the hate book.quran.satans book of lies..
Larry A. Singleton says
Unfortunately you have to “subscribe” to read this article.
dumbledoresarmy says
Larry – you can read lots more info at the British Pakistani Christian Association website.
They have ALL the details (they were in fact directly involved in encouraging this young man to pursue the case). Someone above mentioned Bp Michael Nazir-Ali; Bp Michael gave Mr Ashrafkhorasani – who is studying at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford – advice and encouragement.
http://www.britishpakistanichristians.org/blog/apostate-accuses-oxford-university-of-islamic-bias
And what is more: the Briish Pakistani Christian Association has got up a *petition* that they will be presenting to the University.
http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/stop-islamic-bias-at-oxford-university
I have signed the petitiion and I hope lots of other jihadwatchers will do the same. I would particularly encourage any jihadwatchers who are university graduates to identify themselves as such, and identify their Alma Mater, when signing the petition; if thousands of *graduates of respected universities in various countries* sign the petition, it may carry rather more weight when presented.
One could, of course, also *write* directly to the University to express displeasure at their countenancing suppression of freedom of speech and curtailment of free and critical inquiry.
ShandyLover says
The trouble is the Islamic bias of all the universities in the West has been bought and paid for by Saudi Arabia. Virtually every college has it’s Islamic faculty set up to deliberately brainwash the next generation, and its Islamic Society to enforce Islam’s barbaric 7th century rules on the rest of the student body.
Imams spewing poison and hate dressed up as diversity are allowed to preach to our students. Even the UK Universities council got caught up supporting Islamic gender segregation during meetings before forced to do the opposite.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/dec/13/universities-uk-withdraws-advice-gender-segregation
Goldsmiths University Islamist thugs attempted to disrupt a speech given by an apostate. Members of Goldsmiths Islamic Society (ISOC) attempt to intimidate and disrupt during a talk by Maryam Namazie at Goldsmiths University, London.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl0sI47tVgY
Even the British Labour Party has been caught supporting Islam’s barbarity in a desperate plea for votes. In Muslim areas party meetings are segregated.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3339241/Fury-Labour-s-segregated-rally-Sexism-row-men-women-segregated-party-rally-ahead-key-election.html
And Trump is absolutely correct. We have no go areas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcsG-u2GtZE
and ‘Muslim Patrols’ and Sharia courts in the UK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYFzrEIzoHE
In 50 years God help us here in the UK. I really worry we are doomed.
Stan Lee says
Here is a lecture arranged to take place at the world-famous Oxford University, once most famous for debate…now to be famous for appeasement by the staff of Neville Chamberlain-types setting policy at the vaunted British university.
The fact that the man whose, I’m sure courteous questions, to the lecturers are being dodged before even heard, is Oxford U. at its most appeasing self. The famous “seat of higher education” makes a mockery of its once stalwart defense of freedom of speech.
Robeaver says
Islam is cute, right? Soooooooooo cuuuutie.
Baucent says
“Minlib Dallh, is a research fellow at Regent’s Park College in Oxford on a project about love in religion”
Of yes, I’m sure the Koran can tell us a lot about love.
Universities like Oxford have become intellectually bankrupt in their clamber to shield one religion from criticism and scrutiny.
Elisha says
They prefer intellectual bankruptcy to financial bankruptcy. Bowing to their Saudi oil sheik backers keeps them flush.
maghan says
Woe was that day when Standard Oil discovered oil in Arabia and decided to pump it out to favor those primitive sand trekkers whose only gateway to human knowledge was a primitive plagiarized book of inchoate ramblings founded on childish superstitions–yet incredibly cruel in theory and practice. How otherwise? Its founder was a murderer, rapist, sexual pervert, and plundering bandit.
So why is the revered Oxford University being so disgustingly pusillanimous regarding the intellectual drivel that is Islamic doctrine?
Donovan Nuera says
Why do they not grant the same cover for Scientology, which as far as I know has maybe kidnapped 1 apostate and then sends creepy harassers to your front door with autographed photos of Tom Cruise posters and “Top Gun” DVDs…
dumbledoresarmy says
Above, in a reply to Larry Singleton, who noted that most of the featured article is behind a ‘paywall’, I gave a link to an *excellent* and very detailed account of the case, that appears on the British Pakistani Christian Association website.
Here it is again. Please click and read; I suspect it contains even more detail than the Sunday Times saw fit to communicate. It’s very interesting and illluminating.
http://www.britishpakistanichristians.org/blog/apostate-accuses-oxford-university-of-islamic-bias
Furthermore: the BPCA are getting up a petition which they are going to present to Oxford University.
Here’s the link for *that*. Click, read , and then, if you feel moved to do so – sign the petition! The more signatures it gets, the better. And the more signatures it gets from people who can identify themselves as graduates of this or that university, the better.
http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/stop-islamic-bias-at-oxford-university
So often, people here see something happening, but feel frustrated, because they want to *do* something, but are not sure what.
In this case, here is an opportunity to get behind the intrepid Mr Ashrafkhorasani (and his mentor/ adviser Michael Nazir-Ali), and get alongside the (very reputable and brave) British Pakistani Christian Association, and PUSH.
Sign the petition. Add a note on the necessity of defending free speech and free and critical inquiry.
One may also, for good measure, do a little research, find out who to write to at the University, and write a letter to back up one’s signature on the petition. A signature has *some* weight; a letter has a bit more. And if you are entitled to put a string of academic letters behind your name, then do so (I, for example, can sign off with a ‘Ph.D”, from a major and well-respected Australian university, one of our oldest foundations). They will hardly be able to view the anger as issuing from ignorant rednecks, if they get deluged with letters of complaint from **people with Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral** degrees,a degrees awarded by high-powered well-known institutions, at that.
Suebe says
Like others have said this man knows exactly what is wrong with the man-made religion of Peace. The only true Word of God is in the King James Version of the Bible. With the knowledge of the Quran and Sharia Law this man would have made any Muslim rethink his choice of which god to serve Allah or the true God of the Bible Jehovah. The only path to Heaven is through His Son Jesus, and I am so glad this young man has found it.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
“The only true Word of God is in the King James Version of the Bible.”
Isn’t that, like, a heresy? The KJV was begun in 1604 and finished in 1611, so Christians before this time, like Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), did not have the true word of God. Which English translation of the Quran is the only true word of Allah?
mortimer says
Shahriar Ashrafkhorasani will certainly understand the issues much better than insulated British academics who have not bothered to study Islam’s jihad doctrine, misogyny doctrine, taqiyya doctrine, kafir doctrine, dhimmi doctrine, blasphemy doctrine or fatalism doctrine… and yet, PREPOSTEROUSLY, present themselves as EXPERTS on Islam.
Why would an academic NOT BE INTERESTED in asking TOUGH QUESTIONS? Isn’t an academic SUPPOSED to ask TOUGH QUESTIONS? If an academic cannot ask TOUGH QUESTIONS, WHO CAN?
Cretius says
Of course Muslims do want to debate as they are damned by the religious texts of Islam. They are taught to kill all those that reject Islam. Islam teaches hatred, bigotry and intolerance of everything that is non-Islamic. They have lost even before the debate begins. Therefore, Muslims avoid debates.
Angemon says
What, no one in the media is crying “racism” over this? WOuld the media be as silent if it had been an Iranian muslim who was prevented from criticising Christianity? Ha ha, just kidding – as if that would happen…
Johli Baptist says
As an alumnus of Regent’s Park College, I find it hard to believe that there is some sort of special protection of a serious scholar who is asked difficult questions about Islam.
At RPC there was always a honest and intellectually rigorous approach to truth. I’ll look into the matter to discover what happened; it sounds like a minor disagreement between theologians.