Friday, May 9, 2014

Disgruntled Muslim Students Employ the Usual Buzz Words ("Stereotyping," "Diversity," Etc.) in a Bid to Guilt University Into Reinstating Cancelled Islam Courses

Well, they can't exactly say, "Bring back our Islam because we're triumphalist Islamists," now, could they?:
CAIRO – Seeing the cancellation of Islamic subjects as playing into the hands of stereotyping, a Muslim students group in the University of Pittsburg has launched a campaign to bring back the classes that offer students better insights about Islam. 
“The Offer Islam Campaign requests that the University of Pittsburgh offer Islam in a curriculum that represents global citizenship, diversity and equity,” the Muslim Student Association wrote in a petition that was cited by The Pett (sic) News on Tuesday, May 5. 
“This petition requests that Islamic courses be offered in the history, anthropology, sociology and religious studies departments by spring 2015 [and that] two tenured track professors with Islamic history expertise be hired by fall of 2015.” 
The problem erupted last March after Pitt University announced the cancellation of four Islamic courses for the upcoming fall semester. 
The cancelled courses include, the Anthropology of Islam, the Sociology of Islam, Intro to Islamic Civilization and the History of the Ottoman Empire...

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