The pants have been incinerated
Goldsmiths ISOC posted its ludicrous version of what happened at Maryam’s talk yesterday, claiming that their members were harassed by the Goldsmiths ASH.
Goldsmiths Islamic Society (ISOC) would like to categorically condemn the vile harassment of our ISOC members (both male and female) by the Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society (ASH).
On Monday 30th November, students of Goldsmiths University, alongside members of the public attended an event organised by the ASH titled “Apostasy, Blasphemy & Free Expression, In the age of ISIS”. The ASH invited Maryam Namazie, who is known as a notorious islamophobe to speak at the event, despite our polite request for them to reconsider. The university should be a safe space for all our students. Islamophobic views like those propagated by Namazie create a climate of hatred and bigotry towards Muslim students.
Muslim students who attended the event were shocked and horrified by statements made by Namazie, and peacefully expressed their dissent to the disrespectful cartoons shown of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). These students were subsequently made subject to unnecessary bullying, abuse and violence by the ASH society and security staff. Some students were even forcibly removed from the event.
Following the event, members of the public who were present at the event have been tweeting unauthorised pictures of our University students with fabricated statements regarding false allegations of “death threats”.
We would like to make it very clear that Muslim students did NOT make any alleged “death threats”. This is a fabrication made by supporters of the ASH and Namazie in an attempt to distort the truth and further marginalise Muslim students for expressing dissent at offensive statements and images.
A university should be a safe environment/space for all students including Muslims in this sensitive time. Hateful statements that encourage Islamophobia by Namazie and the ASH can lead to very serious & violent consequences towards the Muslim students at the university. A university institution needs to prioritise the safety of its students and take action to ensure students are not harrassed/intimidated online or on campus.
What a pack of liars. There’s video showing who did the harassing and to whom.
The predators that growl can be spotted and avoided. Security maybe should have shown up earlier but these guys are now know and can be watched. It’s the ones that don’t make noise before they strike that are the danger.
This “X is known as a notorious islamophobe” trope reminds me of the “once someone tells you that X is transphobic, you can no longer claim not to know it” business.
Oh definitely.
(And of course several of the most ardent “critics” of my evil deeds also call me Islamophobic. Even Jason stooped to that at least once, to my amazement.)
The black body curve of the pants is peaking in the ultraviolet.
Thanks so much maddog1129, I just flushed my sinuses with Coke Zero. It was lovely.
“Some students were even forcibly removed from the event”
When a person is disrupting an event, even if they are doing so “peacefully” – i.e. not causing any physical harm or damage, despite making it impossible for the event to proceed, they should be removed. If they decline to leave after being asked, they will need to be “forcibly removed”. They can claim martyrdom, but they should hardly be surprised.