Pro-Islamic Academia Will Be The Death Of America

By Semperpapa

I have expressed my deep distrust for the so-called higher education system in the United States and the following video is just another example of the reason why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqUhf7Q_0Sc&feature=player_embedded

Not only the university system in our country is no longer the place where ideas are all treated with respect and opposing views are welcomed in the spirit of a constructive dialogue, but it has also become the very place where the United States Constitution is systematically savaged in the interest of promoting anything that can be used for the radicalization of American youth.

The aim is amply clear for anyone to see, but we are so cowered by political correctness, so whipped into submission by the actions of those who are intent on subjugating our society that we just ignore the facts. Horses may wear blinders without any repercussion upon our society, but when the people start wearing blinders, the results are the death of our culture.

Another egregious example is Claremont-McKenna College. A private university located 35 miles east of Los Angeles in the California city of Claremont.

Since its beginning just after the end of WWII, CMC has been gaining in relevance and reputation as a university dedicated to the preparation of students for public service.

The strength of the college is in foreign studies, aimed at instructing generations of students that would continue to serve the United States diplomatic corps.

But even Claremont-McKenna has been infected by the cancer of political correctness, as shown by the inception of a Middle East Study program.

The problem is certainly not in the creation of the department, as it was a very exciting proposition for such an institution, considering the geo-political importance that part of the world has. The university, as a whole, strongly supported the program for obvious reasons.

Where things have gone wrong at CMC was in the administration selection and current support of the head of the department, Professor Bassam Frangieh.

Professor Frangieh comes from Yale University, which should have been the first sign of possible trouble, where, as a professor in 2006, he came out strongly in favor of terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hesbollah during that year conflict between Lebanon and Israel.

As the co-signer of a explicit anti-Israel letter, Frangieh expressed his accusations to that nation for being a Zionist state and for Israel’s violence against the Lebanese people.

If that was not enough, the letter praised the “heroic actions” of Hesbollah during that conflict. The “heroic actions” he was referring to was the firing of over 4,000 rockets against Israeli civilian population and the kidnapping and killing of two Israeli soldiers.

Then there is the usual hypocrisy that is the mainstay of liberal progressives like Frengieh. In the letter he co-authored, the distinguish professor is calling for a boycott of anything that is connected to Israel. Starting with the ability to have an opposing point of view in the lecturing capacity in the academic environment to the invocation of a boycott of companies having business dealings with the state of Israel, the professor is practically subscribing to a regime of ideological censorship which is diametrically opposed to the principles of higher education.

It is not far fetched to believe that if any college administration would even object to his anti-Semitic ranting, he would surely be first in line to cry about the victimization he has been suffering.

The moral of the story is that the Claremont-McKenna College hired a radical to head its important new Department of Middle East Studies. Frengieh, who is not a Muslim, can be categorized as a deep anti-Israel professor, in charge of a department which very existence is the preparation of individuals for diplomatic service in what is today, one of the most sensitive geo-political area on our planet.

The university's administration stated their support for an absolute freedom of speech on campus, which is the appropriate thing to do, but does the hailing as heroes of a terrorist organization fall into the freedom of speech category? Is the praising of rocket attacks against civilians an expression of free speech? What if One wanted to have a lecture at the college about the "righteousness of the actions of Tim McVeigh?"

Would the administration be so understanding?

Moreover, Prof. Frengieh has invited several speakers to address the Israeli's oppression of the Palestinians, but never engage any speaker with the Israeli's point of view, remaining true to the content of the letter he co-authored regarding the "necessity" to boycott anything that is Jewish. Well, so much for open academic dialogue!

Ultimately, what occurs in the thousands of so-called seminars within the walls of our universities remains mostly under the radar with few exceptions fostered by people who try to expose them. It has been happening for a long time and it has severely undermined our society as a whole. But this could not be happening in America, right?

Just my thoughts!