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In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Muslim Student Association
University of California, San Diego
MSA UCSD Denounces UCI for the Suspension of the Muslim Student Union at UC Irvine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(La Jolla, CA 9/15/2010) The Muslim Student Association (MSA) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) condemns the University of California Irvine (UCI) administration’s suspension of the Muslim Student Union (MSU) following a July recommendation to penalize the organization for its alleged involvement in the disruption of Israeli ambassador Michael Oren’s speech on February 8, 2010.
Rebekah Hwang/Guardian
By Editorial Board
Unless you’ve been cuddling rabbits in Pepper Canyon for the past month, you’ve probably noticed the ruckus on Library Walk.
Ever since the A.S. Council considered a resolution that recommended the University of California divest from companies supplying weapons to the Israeli military, tensions between Students for Justice in Palestine and Tritons for Israel have escalated, resulting in less-than-civil discussions.
When the MSA held Justice in Palestine Week — which took place May 10 to 14 and included the installation of a mock-Israeli division wall on Library Walk — a new flame was added to the fire.
In retaliation, Young Americans for Freedom, an otherwise unknown, politically conservative student org, invited slimeball pro-Israel commentator David Horowitz to speak on campus that same week. During a question-and-answer session, Horowitz dodged a legitimate request from MSA member Jumanah Albahri to back his claim that terrorists fund her organization. He also bullied Albahri into agreeing she would support a mass genocide of Jews, simplifying the issue into “for or against” language.
“As a faculty member at UCSD since 1986, I have rarely seen a more sophisticated and tempered demonstration of student activism as the Justice in Palestine calendar of events that took place last week. The centerpiece of the events–the impressive wall on Library Walk–was a superior educational experience that provided the campus community with both empirical and artistic data with which to analyze an extremely complex political issue. The students who maintained the “wall” area were always respectful of all opinions and courteous to spectators. I understand the other events were extremely well-attended. I was able to attend the Angela Davis lecture on May 13 that attracted over 500 people. It was both informative and stimulating; I especially enjoyed the movie and remarks made by a UCSD student who returned recently from the Palestinian territories. Overall, the week’s events must be viewed as a huge success (whether or not one agrees with the content of each event) given the fact that UCSD is a campus that rarely turns out large audiences. The Justice in Palestine calendar exposed our students to one of the major issues of the day and did so in a rational and pedagogically sound way. I congratulate the UCSD Muslim Student Association and all of our students who organized the events.”
Professor Jorge Mariscal
UC San Diego
May 16, 2010
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Muslim Student Association
University of California, San Diego
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(La Jolla, CA 5/14/2010) The Muslim Students Association of UCSD would like to clearly define its stance on the issue of which organizations and groups it condemns and condones, to ensure that no one else attempts to define our stance for us. The MSA at UCSD condemns all groups or organizations, whether state or non-state actors, who target civilians or target a civilian population to impose collective punishment. We are instructed with a valuable truth enshrined in the Qur’an – that ‘if anyone kills a human being unjustly, it is as though he or she has killed all humanity, and if anyone saves (even) one life, it is as though he or she has saved all humanity’ (Holy Qur’an 5:32). It is for this very reason that MSA has organized events such as our annual Justice in Palestine Week.
In the name of God, the most Gracious, the most Merciful
Muslim Student Association at UCSD presents…
Justice in Palestine Week 2010
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