oh .. and I had already posted this story. On Monday, December 21, 2015 at 6:00:07 PM UTC-6, Bill wrote: > > OBSENE!! This is another one of those left wing profs living off the > earnings of others..... he can not "do" but teaches those who > can....Discipline this idiot!! For Gods sake what has happened to common > sense on the university campus? > > In a message dated 12/21/2015 3:02:13 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] <javascript:> writes: > > Jewish, Pro-Israel Groups Blast Professor for Encouraging Students to > Protest ‘Islamophobia’ by Wearing Nazi-Like Yellow Stars > Dec. 21, 2015 8:56am Sharona Schwartz > <http://www.theblaze.com/author/sharona-schwartz/> > 30SHARES > > - Share This > - Tweet This > - > - > - > > A Jewish human rights group and a pro-Israel organization criticized the > efforts of a University of San Diego professor to raise awareness about > “Islamophobia” by encouraging students to wear a yellow Star of David with > the word “Muslim” and the Muslim crescent moon symbol drawn on it. > [image: > http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Yellow-Star-San-Diego.jpg] > <http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Yellow-Star-San-Diego.jpg> > > > This star was designed as a protest at the University of San Diego against > Islamophobia (Image source: Stand With Us) > > The Times of San Diego reported > <http://timesofsandiego.com/education/2015/12/17/usd-professor-leads-silent-protest-against-anti-muslim-rhetoric/> > last > week that associate professor of theology and religious studies Bahar > Davary led some 100 students and faculty members in the silent protest > against anti-Muslim statements by wearing the type of yellow stars Jews > were forced to wear in Nazi Germany. > > Following questions raised in reports on conservative news sites including > Legal > Insurrection > <http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/12/professors-and-students-at-u-san-diego-protest-trump-by-wearing-muslim-yellow-stars/> > and > theWashington Free Beacon > <http://freebeacon.com/issues/college-professor-students-sport-yellow-jewish-stars-protest-islamophobia/>, > > the private Catholic university issued a statement explaining that the > class project on Islamophobia wasn’t meant to compare the Muslim experience > in America to Jews during World War II. > > “In no way was the project’s symbol intended to make an analogy between > the current situation of Muslims in the U.S. to that of Jews in Germany and > wider Europe before the Holocaust,” the University of San Diego posted > <https://www.facebook.com/usandiego/photos/a.10150091292190930.303293.36689795929/10153750051625930/?type=3&comment_id=10153750767180930&reply_comment_id=10153750876930930&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R6%22%7D> > on > Facebook. > > “The project’s symbol was an attempt to demonstrate solidarity among > Muslims, Jews and Christians. Professor Bahar Davary regrets any > misunderstandings that may have resulted from this class project,” the > university said. > > Stand With Us, a pro-Israel organization active on U.S. campuses, on > Sunday called the redesigned yellow star “inappropriate and shocking > <http://www.standwithus.com/news/article.asp?id=4365>.” > > “While protests against anti-Muslim bigotry are understandable and > legitimate, using the Holocaust in this inappropriate and shocking way > serves to trivialize and deny meaning to the unspeakable horrors that Jews > suffered at the hands of Nazi Germany,” said Stand With Us San Diego area > director Sara Schoonmaker. > > William Jacobson, a Cornell University law professor who regularly writes > about the issues of free speech, anti-Semitism and anti-Israel activity on > campuses nationwide, wrote at Legal Insurrection, “The irony, of course, is > that the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem was a big supporter and fan of Hitler, > and the Muslim world is a hotbed of anti-Semitic propaganda and agitation.” > > “Jews routinely are demonized for being Jews, and the ancient Jewish > communities in Muslim areas were expelled after the creation of Israel,” > Jacobson wrote, adding, “In Europe, Jews cannot walk the streets in many > places while displaying any Jewish symbol or even traditional Jewish attire > for fear of harassment by young Muslims.” > > Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center told the Free Beacon > that the star “imagery is off” and explained that under the Nazis, Jews > “had to wear it under penalty of death.” > > The University of San Diego associate professor issued a statement through > a campus spokeswoman explaining that she did not wish to diminish the > plight of those who were killed in the Holocaust. > > Instead, her goal was to put a spotlight on the danger of “marking any > group of people as the ‘other,’” she said according to the Free Beacon. > > The Times of San Diego reported that the project was prompted by recent > statements about Muslims by Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump > and Ben Carson. > > The newspaper also noted that Davary advised her students not to wear the > star off campus, apparently aware of the controversy it might stir. > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > <http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. 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