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University of Wisconsin Madison: Muslim student stirs outrage over terrorism class because it discusses jihad

Oct 5, 2018 9:29 am By Robert Spencer

Here we see more of the war against reality that is pandemic on college and university campuses today. University of Wisconsin Madison student Ali Khan was “livid” because the class discussed “Islam and the West,” “The origins of Jihad,” “Al Qaida,” “9/11,” “The Islamic State” and “Jihad in Africa,” even though it also discussed the KKK and other non-Islamic terror groups. Khan complains: “There’s a whole module titled ‘Jihad.’ This legitimizes a perception that the concept of Jihad is one-dimensional, single-faceted, and inherently violent and connected to terrorism.” No, it doesn’t, although his complaint is a commonly repeated one. To study jihad in this context is simply to recognize that jihad is what jihad terrorists say they’re doing. To refuse to acknowledge that or to study it because of some a priori view that Islam is a religion of peace and jihad means taking the kids to school or blowing milk bubbles through a straw is to cut oneself off from understanding the motivating ideology of jihad terrorists as they state it. Why should the study of their self-perception be off-limits?

Khan adds: “Will we be discussing the different types of jihad (by the heart, tongue, and hand)? Is the professor an Islamic scholar who can accurately speak about jihad?” Why should those be discussed, except insofar as they are relevant to the discussion of jihad terrorism? Does a discussion of the Mafia’s self-professed Catholic identity have to include material about Catholic charitable activities? Khan’s underlying assumption is that the university is obligated to portray Islam in a favorable light, and if any negative information is presented, then it has to be balanced with positive material. This assumption seems to be shared also among the establishment media. But why must this be so? Why can’t there be a study of jihad terrorism in a dispassionate, accurate manner, without further considerations of how people are going to think about Islam one way or the other?

Note also that Khan published Kydd’s email address. If it was unpublished before, this is a clear invitation to harassment, and in keeping with the increasing atmosphere of thuggery and one-party state environment on campuses both great (Stanford University) and insignificant (Saint Anselm College). Khan is also graciously going to bestow upon Kydd “alternative academic readings to broaden the scope of the class,” as the professor becomes the student and the student becomes the professor, attempting, no doubt, to turn the class on terrorism into a dawah session.

Will the University of Wisconsin Madison discipline Kydd? Will it force him to delete the jihad content from his terrorism class? Neither would be surprising given the totalitarian Leftist atmosphere on campuses today. Stay tuned.

“Outrage erupts over terrorism class with section on Islamic terror,” by Rita Loffredo, College Fix, October 3, 2018 (thanks to the Geller Report):

‘An American exceptionalism perspective to advance a zionist, orientalist, and/or neocolonialist agenda …’

This month, University of Wisconsin Madison students enrolled in a political science class focused on terrorism will study acts perpetrated by radicals in the name of Islam.

Lectures slated for October 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.

But one Muslim student, who is also a campus leader and activist, was briefly enrolled in the class. And after the very first day, 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’s complaint prompted a campuswide conversation on alleged culturally insensitive classes. He also published the professor’s contact information, asking peers to take stand.

Khan, in his Facebook post, accused the scholar of approaching the topic of terror only from “an American exceptionalism perspective to advance a zionist, orientalist, and/or neocolonialist agenda.” Khan, who described himself as “livid” over the course, also denounced its Jihad section.

“You cannot define terrorism singularly by the actions of terrorist groups or non-state actors without including state-sponsored terrorism,” he said.

“There’s a whole module titled ‘Jihad.’ This legitimizes a perception that the concept of Jihad is one-dimensional, single-faceted, and inherently violent and connected to terrorism,” he added. “Will we be discussing the different types of jihad (by the heart, tongue, and hand)? Is the professor an Islamic scholar who can accurately speak about jihad?”

The professor, Andrew Kydd, is a white male.

Khan ended his post by publishing the professor’s name and email address, and told his peers “for all those who ally with the Muslim and/or Student of Color community, this is your chance. For us, constantly debating with professors, stepping up to always teach others, and simply being present around this type of rhetoric, is emotionally taxing. This is where you come in. Do the work and educate your peers.”

Khan’s post spread throughout the campus community, prompting praise, “outcry,” promises of action, and several articles in campus newspapers at UW Madison.

Khan did not respond to requests from The College Fix for comment. Kydd also did not respond to requests from The College Fix seeking comment.

Khan has dropped the class but has also met with Kydd and plans to provide the professor with “alternative academic readings to broaden the scope of the class,” the Badger Herald campus newspaper reports, adding Khan also plans to lobby administrators to require a cultural competency review of liberal arts courses….

As for the terrorism course, its online description states it “will introduce the student to the subject of terrorism.”…

Other topics listed on its syllabus include the history of terrorism, which delves into the KKK, nationalist terrorism and communism and fascism….

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  1. mortimer says

    Oct 5, 2018 at 10:26 am

    The authorization of jihad comes from the Koran, the sunna and from the discriminatory Sharia law !!!

    The Koran’s 164 Jihad Verses: K 002:178-179, 190-191, 193-194, 216-218, 244; 003:121-126, 140-143, 146, 152-158, 165-167,169, 172-173, 195; 004:071-072, 074-077, 084, 089-091, 094-095,100-104; 005:033, 035, 082; 008:001, 005, 007, 009-010, 012, 015-017, 039-048,057-060, 065-075; 009:005, 012-014, 016, 019-020, 024-026, 029,036, 038-039, 041, 044, 052, 073, 081, 083,086, 088, 092, 111, 120, 122-123; 016:110; 022:039, 058, 078; 024:053, 055; 025:052; 029:006, 069; 033:015, 018, 020, 023, 025-027, 050; 042:039; 047:004, 020, 035; 048:015-024; 049:015; 059:002, 005-008, 014; 060:009; 061:004, 011, 013; 063:004; 064:014; 066:009; 073:020; 076:008.

    • mortimer says

      Oct 5, 2018 at 10:32 am

      Authorization for jihad also comes from the SUNNA of Mohammed in the hadiths and Sira:

      There are 199 references to Jihad in the Hadiths; all assume that jihad means armed warfare against disbelievers.

      Total of jihad-warfare texts in Trilogy: 31% of Trilogy is armed warfare against disbelievers.
      -9% of the Koranic text is devoted to jihad;
      -21% of the hadiths of Bukhari is devoted to jihad;
      -67% of the Sira is devoted to jihad;
      -31% of all text in the Islamic Trilogy is devoted to jihad which is a total of 327,547 words devoted to jihad.

      Total text in Trilogy devoted to jihad: 31%

      Removing ONE THIRD of the texts in Islam would make it a totally different ideology.

      THE ISLAMIC TRILOGY (Sira, hadiths and Koran) are clearly the sources of jihad.

      • mortimer says

        Oct 5, 2018 at 10:33 am

        Authorization for jihad is also found in the discriminatory SHARIA LAW manuals (Sharia law is based upon the Koran and Sunna).

        Legal Definition of Jihad from the ‘Reliance of the Traveller’ (manual of Sharia law)

        – “Jihad is a communal obligation,” meaning upon the Muslims each year. [Reliance of the Traveller, Book O9.1]

        Jihad is something Muslims must do against non-Muslims every year.

        – RoT – O9.0: Jihad : (O: Jihad means to war against non-Muslims, and is etymologically derived from the word mujahada signifying warfare to establish the religion.

        – RoT – O9.8: The Objectives of Jihad : The caliph (o25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians…

        – RoT – O9.9 : The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim (O: because they are not a people with a Book …

        -The caliph (RoT – o25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians
        ◦Make war upon such of those to whom the Scriptures have been given (Jews and Christians and Zoroastrians) such as believe not in Allah. (K.9:29)

        ________________________________________

        Official Definition of Jihad according to Saudi Arabia:

        “Jihad is holy fighting in Allah’s Cause with full force of numbers and weaponry. It is given the utmost importance in Islam and is one of its pillars. By Jihad Islam is established, Allah’s Word is made superior (which means only Allah has the right to be worshiped), and Islam is propagated. By abandoning Jihad Islam is destroyed and Muslims fall into an inferior position; their honor is lost, their lands are stolen, their rule and authority vanish. Jihad is an obligatory duty in Islam on every Muslim. He who tries to escape from this duty, or does not fulfill this duty, dies as a hypocrite.” – footnotes on p.39, ‘The Noble Koran’, published by King Fahd Complex for Publication of the Quran, Madinah, KSA.

      • mgoldberg says

        Oct 5, 2018 at 11:26 am

        Once again, thanks Mortimer for the listing and references

        • gravenimage says

          Oct 5, 2018 at 2:41 pm

          +1

  2. Norger says

    Oct 5, 2018 at 10:54 am

    “Will we be discussing the different types of jihad (by the heart, tongue, and hand)?”

    I suspect, Mr. Khan, that you would be equally offended by an objective discussion of those “different types of jihad” if it were explained that the purpose of all of these different types of jihad is to establish the supremacy of Islam by any and means, both violent and non-violent. And yes I think this professor should by all means talk about the 24/7 “stealth jihad” that plays out on college campuses, in the media and in political circles.

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 5, 2018 at 2:50 pm

      Indeed so. Muslims do not want us to be able to notice any of this.

  3. SuchindranathAiyerS says

    Oct 5, 2018 at 11:06 am

    Mahomet does not approve of his followers practicing the deception (Nudarat, Murruna,Tawriya, Taysir, Darura) he demanded of Islam being exposed. Hence the anger.

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 5, 2018 at 2:51 pm

      The “Prophet” Muhammed repeatedly condoned his followers lying to Infidels.

  4. Diane Harvey says

    Oct 5, 2018 at 11:25 am

    Man, are they ever touchy about others knowing about their jihad!

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 5, 2018 at 3:05 pm

      Spot on, Diane.

  5. FYI says

    Oct 5, 2018 at 11:40 am

    Courses for supersensitive islamic snowflakes

    1Module#452220/#6111

    muhammed the self-confessed terrorist and fraud

    “I have been made victorious through terror”
    Bukghari 4:52:220

    “I have fabricated things against God”
    al tabari 6:111

    2Module in Tawriya studies

    Linda Sarsour.. the {White}”woman of color”{sic}discusses her imagined plight
    as a “palestinian” and ….. as {a completely white}.. African-American woman in the USA today.

    3Module in Taqqiya studies{next APRIL 1ST}

    Visiting Professor farrakhan explores the essential role of the JEWISH prophets Jesus and Moses and ignores the unpalatable fact that the “prophet” muhammed ,the founder of islam,was a white man who bought,owned and sold black people into slavery{sahih muslim 3901}….as well as being a mass-murderer of Jews{Abu dawud4390}

    4Comparative religions module:islam…how did allah/muhammed and muslims completely misunderstand those essential commandments in Exodus 20?Why are those essential 2 chief laws of God absent in islam?Why,unlike God,is allah so linguistically,theologically and scientifically challenged?

    5 Module in Leftie Liberalism:Why does the virtue-signalling SPLC just not get Irony?Is leftardism an illness?Is that it…?Are you upset by that comment…calll Us at the Snowflake Protection Police…

  6. CogitoErgoSum says

    Oct 5, 2018 at 12:04 pm

    Islam means submission and under Submission the ones in charge are Muslims. Dhimmmis do what they are told …. or else.

  7. gravenimage says

    Oct 5, 2018 at 2:18 pm

    University of Wisconsin Madison: Muslim student stirs outrage over terrorism class because it discusses jihad
    …………………..

    How *dare* a class on terrorism discuss Jihad–despite the fact that virtually all acts of terrorism today are just that? How “Islamophobic”…sarc/off

    It seems unlikely that this Muslim student was really shocked by this–this is just an attempt to shut down the “filthy Infidels” from being able to discuss it–after all, this is not allowed under Shari’ah.

    • jule says

      Oct 6, 2018 at 3:44 am

      I think it is remarkable and should be done everywhere. This is what we need. People teaching what this stuff is and translating what comes out of a Mosque. I support having more of these classes. I like it that he also includes KKKlan & wish he would mention nazigroups. All these are Anti America. If we let one, all the bigots come in to take over. That is not what free speech is about. Their speech is not about freedom.

  8. brane pilot says

    Oct 5, 2018 at 3:37 pm

    …’for all those who ally with the Muslim and/or Student of Color community’…
    The shameless freeloading by Muslims on the achievements of the American Civil Rights Movement to advance an anti-American, hate-filled agenda needs to be flagged.
    This country had zero Muslims in the 1960s and they contributed zero to the American Civil Rights movement.
    Zero.
    Now they say their interests are indistinguishable from the interests of ‘Students of Color’.
    I call BS on that.
    BS.

  9. Elisha says

    Oct 5, 2018 at 8:43 pm

    sura 16:106. Truth hurts:

    And when the devil hath seen that they have set so little by him, after certain essays, made in such times as he thought most fitting, he hath given that temptation quite over. And this he doth not only because THE PROUD SPIRIT CANNOT ENDURE TO BE MOCKED, but also lest, with much tempting the man to the sin to which he could not in conclusion bring him, he should much increase his merit. – Thomas More

    Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation (1553), Book Two, Section XVI

  10. Sam says

    Oct 6, 2018 at 4:04 am

    We have to be more circumspect, yes Jihad is a dawa’istic concept at its initial stages. Hereafter gentle persuasion must kick in. If does not work then the screws must be turned tighter. This is jihad. Logic anywhere in the world dictates evaluation and analysis for confronting this phenomena. For predominantly Muslim audiences logic does not prevail as critical evaluation is anathema to its self understanding. One can understand Khan in this regard. logic is to understood as he(Muslims) apply it. But, as Mortimer pointed out there is exhaustive textual evidence for jihad and its variegated application. It is evident from Muslim sources and the self-evident contradiction in Allah’s communication that jihad progressively becomes more serious the more its opponents hold out. Jihad is not a patient element, it has a short fuse; a Muslim cannot forever persuade a non-Muslim to convert\accept Islam. At this juncture jihad becomes more ferocious…this is what the Professor tried to explain to his class. At what point does jihad become “terroristic”? There are countless examples in modern times, viz. 9\11, Boston Bombings, Boko Haram, Kenya…To understand Mr. Khan is to delve into psychology; he has encountered something that upbraids his intellect and dissects his religion that has wasted his life and many before him. Death is process. Ask Kibler -Ross. before you die(convert in this case) denial kicks in…We are waiting Mr. Khan

  11. infidel says

    Oct 6, 2018 at 5:24 am

    Why is this wretched Paki even in the USA in the first place?? They just pollute the atmosphere wherever they go.. It is just an outburst of frustration from this animal that the world is catching up to the dark truths about his religion.

  12. terry says

    Oct 6, 2018 at 6:33 pm

    Of course he’s outraged, because he knows that any discussion about islam will ultimately lead to the conclusion that it cannot stand up to scrutiny.

    • jule says

      Oct 6, 2018 at 7:06 pm

      So there must be more classes in all states in Universities, state colleges, junior colleges. I hope many Professors step up quickly and steadily.

      • gravenimage says

        Oct 7, 2018 at 12:24 am

        I’m glad to see this class here–all too many in Western universities today are instead Da’wa and whitewash.

        • jule says

          Oct 7, 2018 at 1:03 am

          I wonder if Da’wa means Summons or invitation. I think there is a big difference. Didn’t Mohamed have someone write up letters to heads of countries or peoples? He puts it like the choice is yours, no compulsion but the Consequence is unquestionable.

        • gravenimage says

          Oct 7, 2018 at 3:15 pm

          Jule, I have seen the definition as both “issuing a summons” or “making an invitation”.

          Given what we know about Islam, I imagine it is more the former whenever Muslims can back it up.

          Also, this “invitation” to Islam usually means that if the Infidels do not accept this “invitation” that they are fair game for slaughter, which certainly makes this more a summons than an invitation.

  13. Valley of the Bones says

    Oct 7, 2018 at 6:44 am

    A beard (de rigueur of course) but the waxed moustaches, the suit…and a bow-tie !
    Set against Casablanca orange harem curtains… a bizarre parody of a 1950s American professor of Architecture at his official photo session…that’s good Prof , just lean a little more to the left…great,great…the girls will love this one…

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