Nicholas Damask is the Scottsdale Community College (SCC) professor whom Muslim students threatened to kill for observing that Islam teaches violence. After that, instead of rebuking the Muslims who threatened Damask, the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed suit against the college for daring to teach unpopular and unwelcome truths about Islam and terrorism.
Last August, in a rare victory for the battered and bruised principle of the freedom of speech, Judge Susan M. Brnovich of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona ruled that we’re not quite under Sharia blasphemy laws yet and that academics were perfectly free to criticize Islam, if there were still any besides Damask who dared to do so. All Damask did, actually, was illuminate the ideological roots of contemporary jihad terrorism, but even that was too much for Hamas-linked CAIR. And since CAIR has unlimited money and now they know that they have a favorable administration, and that the prevailing winds are blowing against the freedom of speech, they’re trying again, and they’ll keep trying until it is legally established that honest discussion of the motivating ideology behind jihad terrorism is forbidden in our universities and colleges. We’re almost there now, by dint of groupthink, conformism, and fear of charges of “Islamophobia.”
“Islamic group files appeal to decision to dismiss case against Scottsdale professor,” by Michael McDaniel, Arizona Republic, January 23, 2021:
The Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed an appeal Friday in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a decision dismissing a case against the Maricopa Community College District and one of its professors for teaching material that the group claims condemns Islam.
The Scottsdale professor, Nicholas Damask, and the college came under harsh criticism in May when one of his students, Mohamed Sabra, posted three of the professor’s quiz questions on social media.
Council for American Islamic Relations’ claims
The questions frame terrorism as an absolute mandate of Islam, leaving no room for interpretation, according to the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The appeal details objections to these questions, after Sabra received wrong marks for stating terrorism in Islam is “always forbidden.”
“Damask misquotes and misuses [quotes] in order to show a distorted message of Islam in his classroom which is on political science, not religion,” said Imam Omar Tawil from the Islamic Community Center of Tempe in a CAIR video press release.
Judge Susan Brnovich dismissed the case on Tuesday, Aug. 18 saying Damask’s course did not inhibit Sabra’s personal worship in any way….
“If there was such a thing as Mormon terrorism and Southern Baptist terrorism, we would have a unit on that, too,” Damask said in a May interview with The Arizona Republic. “But we don’t, so we don’t spend any time talking about that.”
Following the social media posts, the school posted an apology to their social media page, leading to a crusade of comments demanding Damask apologize or resign.
A week after the school posted the apology, officials decided to delete the Instagram post.
“It’s appeasing a foreign mob,” he said to The Arizona Republic in May. “I’ll never apologize for teaching the content that I am, or the manner in which I’m teaching it.”…
The Maricopa County Governing Board later issued a statement indicating a significant amount of misinformation has led to the professor receiving threats and harassment.
“It seems pretty awful to me to throw your ‘family members’ to a social media mob,” Damask said. “That’s really what’s gotten me down the most.”
Mike says
filed suit against the college for daring to teach unpopular and unwelcome truths about Islam and terrorism.
last line in the first paragraph
says it all
not hiding the TRUTH
just don’t like being called out
Keith O says
It’s good that CAIR are taking this to court. It’s simply more opportunity for the truth about the violence that guides mudslimes to be brought out into the light of day.
ed says
You really believe that will happen ?
Keith O says
We can hope!!
PRCS says
CAIR:
“In a lawsuit filed in June, attorneys for Sabra said he answered quiz questions based on how Muslims practice their religion, but the answers were marked as incorrect.”
THE DECISION
“Judge Susan Brnovich dismissed the case on Tuesday, Aug. 18 saying Damask’s course did not inhibit Sabra’s personal worship in any way….”
Most of the world’s population has never heard of Mohamed Sabra and his (apparent) personal understanding and practice of the ‘religion’ does not represent that of a billion+ other Muslims.
Michael Copeland says
“Violence is the heart of Islam” – Ayatollah Yazdi of Iran
“Battle, animosity, and hatred are the basis of our religion”- Osama bin Laden
“Islam is a religion of blood for the infidels” – Ayatollah Khomeini
“Prophet had sword to kill people” – Ayatollah Khomeini
“a religion of war and conflict” – Caliph al Baghdadi
“Islam is a religion of power, fighting, jihad, beheading and bloodshed”
– Imam Hussein Bin Mahmoud, prominent writer
” a permanent war institution” – Al Azhar, Cairo
For more explanation by muslims of Islam’s agenda see:
https://gatesofvienna.net/2020/02/islams-agenda-muslims-speak/
gravenimage says
All important quotes, Michael.
Michael Copeland says
“We are forced by the Koran, in Sura at-Tawba…”, said Lee Rigby’s killer.
Sura at Tawba is chapter 9, chronologically the latest complete chapter, which over-rides, “abrogates”, all the verses of peace elsewhere because they are earlier. It commands, at v. 29, “Fight [ie kill] those who do not believe in Allah…”
Abubakr Shekau, leader of Boko Haram, affirms:
“Allah has tasked all Muslims in Quran 9:29 to continue to attack Jews and Christians who refuse to believe in him and his messenger” (https://gatesofvienna.net/2019/10/for-peace/)
Is CAIR saying that they are both wrong? CAIR need to be careful: both speakers are black. The objection could be “racist”.
James Lincoln says
Yes, Michael.
CAIR is most importantly disagreeing with the Quran…
Westman says
CAIR must be getting desperate to even inject itself into this suit in which it has questionable standing, claiming, dishonestly, that, “… Sabra received wrong marks for stating terrorism in Islam is ‘always forbidden.'”
Any judge reading Surah 9 of the Quran, knowing it was the last supposed revelation of Allah, could never conclude that, “terrorism in Islam is always forbidden”. Apparently CAIR has a unique definition of terrorism.
gravenimage says
Good point.
PRCS says
“Any judge reading Surah 9 of the Quran, knowing it was the last supposed revelation of Allah, could never conclude that, “terrorism in Islam is always forbidden”.”
An optimistic hope; assuming of course that the relevant American judge will have done so.
Michael Copeland says
“Jihad, is not terrorism”
https://islampfr.com/jihad-is-not-terrorism/
This claim is not borne out by Islamic speakers:
“… killing you and fighting you, destroying you and terrorizing you, responding back to your attacks, are all considered to be great legitimate duty in our religion.”
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his fellow 9/11 defendants
“Allah has instructed us to kill everyone that is unbelieving….
We call you to join us to institute Sharia globally.”
Boko Haram spokesman
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/06/nigeria-muslim-group-says-allah-has-instructed-us-to-kill-everyone-that-is-unbelieving
“The answer is, as the Prophet said, to fight the infidels until the religion belongs to Allah.”
Musa Cerantonio,
cleric in Australia, citing Qur’an 8:39.
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/12/muslim-leader-in-australia-reestablishing-the-islamic-state-is-eventually-going-to-be-a-military-mat
“Islam is the religion of agitation, revolution, blood, liberation and martyrdom.”
Shaikh Morteza Mathari
http://www.vladtepesblog.com
gravenimage says
Hamas-linked CAIR files appeal to decision to dismiss case against professor for criticizing Islam
………………..
CAIR wants to criminalize all criticism of Islam.
sandy says
then why you guys are violent if it doesn’t teaches violence , i guess no religion teaches violence
livingengine says
Andrew Harrod interviews Nicholas Damask
https://youtu.be/4wuDb2Z-810?t=308
somehistory says
“Terrorism,” “absolute mandate of Islam, leaving no room for interpretation,”
If they make it to Court, they should be made to say this to the open Court…that they can “interpret” the filthy book however they wish and do as they wish.
The mass-murdering, raper of children, slave trading scum, lying sack of slug slime, son of satan the devil said to “strike terror,” in the hearts of islam’s enemies. moslims are supposed to go looking for their enemies…behind trees and rocks and “wherever” they “find them.”
Now, what is cair’s “interpretation”? what is the student’s “interpretation”?
They should be forced to answer those questions in open Court.
GreekEmpress says
I just sent professor Damask an email—I have followed this case from its inception and was in touch with him at that time. I’ll keep you all posted on this one—-
I can’t stand litigation jihad.
somehistory says
I can’t stand lies or liars. If you communicate with him, tell him he has a lot of moral support and to stay the course. The Truth always comes out. It may take time, but it does get revealed.
gravenimage says
Good for you, GreekEmpress.
Khushi says
Thank you GreekEmpress for giving moral support to Prof Damask. Please let him know that he has a lot of support from free people around the world. We are all rooting for him to win this case.