Wednesday, October 20, 2010

University Won’t Fire Tenured Prof. Calling for Destruction of Israel

There's unlimited free speech for Leftists and Muslims. Incitement to violence is only wrong if a conservative does it
"Kaukab Siddique believes strongly that the Holocaust was a hoax and that Muslms must “rise up against this hydra-headed monster which calls itself Zionism.” While his rhetoric is concerning, even more worrisome is that Siddique is an associate professor of English at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. And while the university acknowledges his comments are troubling, it says it can’t take action partly because Siddique is tenured.

Over Labor Day weekend, reports CBN’s Erick Stakelbeck, Siddique addressed radicals at an anti-Israel rally in Washington, D.C. There, his anti-Semitism was on full display.

“We must stand united to defeat, to destroy, to dismantle Israel — if possible by peaceful means,” Kaukab Siddique said. “Perhaps, like Saladin, we will give them enough food and water to travel back to the lands from where they came to occupy other people.”

“For the Jews, I would say see what could happen to you if the Muslims wake up,” Siddique warned. “And I say to the Muslims, dear brothers and sisters, unite and rise up against this hydra-headed monster which calls itself Zionism.”

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just another example of left wing hate speech, oh i forgot, if your a left wing liberal it's not hate speech, no matter how much you distort the truth or how vile it is.

And to think this guy is in a position to teach. Truly frightening.

Anonymous said...

The sad truth is that if a Jew said the same of Muslims, he would be cited for hate speech, and would have a fatwa on his head. The reality is that Islam has not tolerance for those who are not Muslims. The sooner we recognize that, the sooner we will get off of our fat a**es and take this country back.

-sig

Jonathan Lewin said...

Sig says: "The sad truth is that if a Jew said the same of Muslims, he would be cited for hate speech...."

How right you are Sig. I am a professor of mathematics at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. A couple of years ago, following a sequence of anti-Semitic incidents at American universities that were generated by MSAs (Muslim Student Associations) on the campuses, I called upon our own new and very active MSA to disassociate itself from those activities.

I was subjected to a torrent of abuse, mainly from humanities faculty. And one after another, they all pronounced themselves as being "appalled". No, they were not appalled by MSA acts of violence on campuses across the nation. They were appalled that I, as a Jew, dared to raise the issue.
I was instructed to set up a meeting with the university Diversity Officer but, of course, I refused point blank to do so.

Anonymous said...

Tenure... who the hell came up with the idea of 'tenure' and thought it was in the best interest of the universities?

Jonathan Lewin said...

Anonymous, you need to understand the workings of a university to understand why tenure is so necessary.

A university cannot be run like a supermarket or a motor car assembly plant. Professors are professionals and may be called upon to do and say unpopular things. Academic quality and performance may depend on the ability of professors to feel safe to do what they feel is right even when it flows against the current.

I have often used my position as a tenured full professor to speak up against certain practices in the teaching of mathematics that are much beloved by hardware vendors and by administrators who see these activites as a source of income. When these practices run counter to proper academic performance, I have a duty to speak up and to take the risk that I will stand on the toes of important people.

Thus academic freedom is a vital form of free speech upon which academic quality depends. I wish, though, that it were not abused. The trouble is that, when you have to decide what abuse is, you are on a slipperly slope.

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately, it is Muslims who should beware of us waking up.

jonjayray said...

You will never get promoted now, Jonathan.

In my academic days I used to describe Karl Marx as an obsolete economist.

So you can guess how much promotion I got: Just the bare minimum