By this action Brandeis University dishonors its own founder, a lawyer regarded as incorruptible, and who went to become a very well regarded Supreme Court Justice.
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| Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Facebook photo |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis was a crusader for social justice and freedom of speech, and he would have been horrified at the sight of academics - who are supposed to be guided by the highest principles of justice and scientific enquiry - betray those principles under the onslaught of an online mob and cancel the award of an honorary degree to Ayaan Hirsi. Hirsi has been risking her life for many years in order to speak out against Islam's violence and oppression of women.
Silence at this decision from women's rights activists is deafening.
To add to Brandeis University's betrayal of academic principles, is the fact that it was founded by a Jewish man - and Jews have suffered and continue to suffer because of Islam's fundamental hatred, oppression, and violence against Jews.
Brandeis University did not have moral objections at associating itself with Al Quds University in Jerusalem, a Palestinian University that is a hotbed of anti-Semitism. Brandeis University was shamed into suspending that association when they were confronted with photographic evidence of students marching and making the Nazi salute. It's hard to believe that in the internet age Brandeis academics would be unaware of the Nazi nature of Arab nationalism and of Al Quds' own reputation of virulent anti-Semitism.
Liberal Jews in Israel and in the Diaspora continue to side with the enemy in order to fit in with the liberal class current historical and moral distortion. They would be horrified to stand up for their principles and be shunned by the same mob that demonizes Israel and turns a blind eye to Islam's oppression of women and minorities.
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UPDATE April 10: See Ayaan Hirsi Ali's response further on this page
Israel National News reports:
