National Union of Students Won’t Condemn ISIS, Fearing it Would be ‘Islamophobic’
Somehow, I don’t think ISIS cares about political correctness.
Julian Robinson of the Daily Mail reported.
National Union of Students refuses to condemn ISIS due to fears it would be ‘Islamophobic’
The National Union of Students has come under fire after it refused to condemn ISIS – because of fears it was ‘Islamophobic’.
Students put forward a motion at the body’s National Executive Council meeting calling for the condemnation of terrorist atrocities and support for the Iraqi people.
But the call was defeated after a rebellion led by Black Students Officer Malia Bouattia, who said the motion was merely a ‘justification for war’.
It comes a day after military chiefs from around the globe met to discuss the battle against ISIS and despite a number of Muslim leaders in Britain having condemned the extremist group.
One student, who wished to remain anonymous, said: ‘Islamophobia is a meaningless term used by irrational people when unable to rebut a rational criticism.
‘Malia Bouattia should realise how lucky she is to be able to stand up and express her opinions with freedom and security.
‘She would not enjoy the same freedom if she were to visit the ISIS/ISIL that she refuses to condemn, and protested her opinions.’
Another added: ‘I personally would find something rather Islamophobic in Ms Bouattia’s idea that condemning ISIS is also to condemn the other, approximately two billion Muslims on the planet – who don’t rape minorities or murder journalists.
‘They don’t want ISIS to carry out such attacks in the name of their religion, and who in the West have repeatedly begged not to be associated with the activities of “Islamic” State.
‘If the vast majority of Muslim students in the UK are in fact repeatedly standing up and telling you that they don’t like ISIS, that these terrorists don’t represent their faith, that they don’t want to be associated with them in any way – then how exactly is not condemning ISIS helping to fight Islamophobia?’
The motion, proposed by Daniel Cooper, was raised at the National Union of Students’ NEC meeting at Derbyshire House in London in September.
National Union of Students refuses to condemn ISIS due to fears it would be 'Islamophobic' (Daily Mail UK)
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The National Union of Students must really be a joke, eh? They do not want to condemn people who murder others because it doesn’t conform to some joker’s idea of what is or is not a phobia against Islam. It is clear that the Brits have the same lunatic fringe as we Americans. Perhaps, they would like to travel to Syria or Iraq and reason with these misguided ISIS sleaze balls.