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	<title>Comments on: Tolerance and Terrorism at Queens College</title>
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		<title>By: JC</title>
		<link>http://nasblog.org/2009/11/23/tolerance-and-terrorism-at-queens-college/#comment-527</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The speaker&#039;s name is Siraj Wahhaj. Anyone can look him up online and listen to his lectures and speeches. He is a well respected member of the Muslim community who sadly has been attacked and slandered by ideological extremists for political purposes. The Vice President of the QC Republicans, Ryan Girdusky, is a hateful kid who harbors some very disturbing views about Islam and Muslims. In a recent article in the Queens College newspaper &quot;Knight News,&quot; the cofounder of the College Republicans said,

&quot;...the current leadership of the College Republicans at Queens College had made a poor decision in showing the film, &quot;Fitna,&quot; recently, a decision that I do not condone....As far as I know, there has not been any incident between these faiths until the CR&#039;s recent misguided attempts to seek attention.  After a conversation with the current vice president of College Republicans, it is clear to me that this event was to serve no purpose other than to grab headlines, at the expense of harmony and security that we take for granted on this campus every day.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The speaker&#8217;s name is Siraj Wahhaj. Anyone can look him up online and listen to his lectures and speeches. He is a well respected member of the Muslim community who sadly has been attacked and slandered by ideological extremists for political purposes. The Vice President of the QC Republicans, Ryan Girdusky, is a hateful kid who harbors some very disturbing views about Islam and Muslims. In a recent article in the Queens College newspaper &#8220;Knight News,&#8221; the cofounder of the College Republicans said,</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;the current leadership of the College Republicans at Queens College had made a poor decision in showing the film, &#8220;Fitna,&#8221; recently, a decision that I do not condone&#8230;.As far as I know, there has not been any incident between these faiths until the CR&#8217;s recent misguided attempts to seek attention.  After a conversation with the current vice president of College Republicans, it is clear to me that this event was to serve no purpose other than to grab headlines, at the expense of harmony and security that we take for granted on this campus every day.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Mitchell Langbert</title>
		<link>http://nasblog.org/2009/11/23/tolerance-and-terrorism-at-queens-college/#comment-237</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitchell Langbert]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your characterization of the College Republicans as anti-Islamic is accurate, then your point is well taken.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If your characterization of the College Republicans as anti-Islamic is accurate, then your point is well taken.</p>
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		<title>By: D</title>
		<link>http://nasblog.org/2009/11/23/tolerance-and-terrorism-at-queens-college/#comment-235</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Muslim speaker is UNINDICTED and he didn&#039;t say ANYTHING offensive at this speech. I went; I&#039;m Jewish. Also, College Republicans are actually at fault here. They showed an explicitly anti-Islam movie, something that was frowned upon by both students and faculty.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Muslim speaker is UNINDICTED and he didn&#8217;t say ANYTHING offensive at this speech. I went; I&#8217;m Jewish. Also, College Republicans are actually at fault here. They showed an explicitly anti-Islam movie, something that was frowned upon by both students and faculty.</p>
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		<title>By: Mitchell Langbert</title>
		<link>http://nasblog.org/2009/11/23/tolerance-and-terrorism-at-queens-college/#comment-165</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitchell Langbert]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Queens really does view this as a free speech issue then they have to be consistent.  How many campuses will fund racist speech in other contexts?  If Queens is consistent, my hat is off to them, but I suspect they may not be so.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Queens really does view this as a free speech issue then they have to be consistent.  How many campuses will fund racist speech in other contexts?  If Queens is consistent, my hat is off to them, but I suspect they may not be so.</p>
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		<title>By: Adam</title>
		<link>http://nasblog.org/2009/11/23/tolerance-and-terrorism-at-queens-college/#comment-164</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#039;s a free speech issue. If Girdusky gets what he wants, next time it will be his group that gets punished for hosting a speaker someone else hates just as much. Giving all student organizations an equal shot at campus resources and student fee money, regardless of politics, is the right plan. Wiesenfeld has it right: complain but don&#039;t punish.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, it&#8217;s a free speech issue. If Girdusky gets what he wants, next time it will be his group that gets punished for hosting a speaker someone else hates just as much. Giving all student organizations an equal shot at campus resources and student fee money, regardless of politics, is the right plan. Wiesenfeld has it right: complain but don&#8217;t punish.</p>
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