This letter appeared in The Daily Collegian Op-ed today
I was very disappointed to see the Penn State Hillel, Chabad and Jewish Studies Program as co-sponsors hosting Nonie Darwish to discuss Islam and the Palestine-Israel crisis. Inviting Ms. Darwish to speak about Islam and the Palestine-Israel crisis is like inviting David Duke (a former KKK Klansman) to speak about the Holocaust. Ms. Darwish writes and talks about Islam without being knowledgeable about it. The selective condemnation of Islam and the Palestinians and the lack of scholarship in Ms. Darwish's arguments is something that is very appreciated on Fox News, which often relishes the opportunity to host her. Of course, if Ms. Darwish didn't talk about such things she wouldn't have been invited by these Penn State groups.
You don't support Israel by supporting the terrorist attacks on the Palestinians. You support Israel by listening to those that call for a just and lasting resolution, which includes the rights of Palestinians as well Israelis to self-determination and statehood. Hosting Ms. Darwish had nothing to do with those terms.
It was an event to blindly support criminal policies against Muslims, which ought to be deplored. For the outside world, it's events like this that are the main fomenters for anti-Semitism. What image does this project to Arab and Muslim students at our campus and the world when Penn State Jewish groups host such a person?
Sammy Haddad
graduate-engineering
2 comments:
It is indeed very disappointing to see the Jewish groups on campus promote such a person..it does show you how low they are for bringing in such a person though..the Zionist have no argument and this is the best the can do (what a joke)
No just person would listen to Noonie Darwish
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