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2009-05-20 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by ryuge 2009-05-20 06:39|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Well, you didn't think they were going to open up a Christian or Jewish college in Berzerkley, did you? That would be too controversial....

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-05-20 07:38|| 2009-05-20 07:38|| Front Page Top

#2 In terms of curriculum, the plan is to start with just two majors, in Arabic language and Islamic law and theology.

Oh, great...

Posted by Parabellum 2009-05-20 08:16|| http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/]">[http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/] 2009-05-20 08:16|| Front Page Top

#3 great, during the study abroad programs will students get kidnapped and maybe get their head sawed off? or recruited?

Posted by GirlThursday 2009-05-20 08:18|| 2009-05-20 08:18|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought at least one (if not all) colleges in Berkley were islamic?

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-05-20 08:34|| 2009-05-20 08:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Do faculty have their pick of wives?

Posted by Excalibur 2009-05-20 09:50|| 2009-05-20 09:50|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm all for it. Put it in Gitmo.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2009-05-20 10:12|| 2009-05-20 10:12|| Front Page Top

#7 I have always wondered exactly how vibrant the Muslim community in the US - outside of certain localities where they have gathered unto themselves - really is. The usual Islamic representatives are always going on about how many there are in the US and how many converts are gathering ... but I really don't see much evidence, in my own life and circle of friends. I do know a handful of people from India and the Middle East who I think might possibly be Muslim, just based on their apparent country of origin - but they don't seem to be all about beards, burkas and the Koran. I know of one woman, an American, who wears the full robe and headcovering, but not the veil ... but basically, all these converts I keep hearing about are either prison converts and all-round-scumbags, particularly brainless women with authority issues, or adolescents like whatsisfern, the American Talibani. There don't seem to be any well-adjusted, mainstream American types among them. I know the perils of making big assumptions based on one's own limited experience, but San Antonio is a big city and fairly cosmopolitan. I'd just think if American Islam was all that - I would know of more Muslims, personally.

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2009-05-20 11:04|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2009-05-20 11:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Houston has 17 Islamic centers (largest in the country, I believe). I was in the post office the other day where there's always a line out the door. I looked around and realized I was the only one there without a headscarf, burka, or beard.

When they start to blast their call to prayer from the mosques 5 times a day, I'll know it's time to leave.

BTW, I think I saw a survey recently that Islam is now the fasted growing religion among Hispanics.

Posted by Zorba 2009-05-20 11:51|| 2009-05-20 11:51|| Front Page Top

#9 A fully-accredited American college, offering a degree in Islamic law and theology and requiring Arabic, prepares students for the high demand jobs of the future in the grand global Ummah. They will have to pay the professors adequately so they don't look elsewhere for world-class imams--California taxpayer dollars working hard for the people once again.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-05-20 11:53|| 2009-05-20 11:53|| Front Page Top

#10 "Part of the process of indigenizing Islam in America is for the community to begin to develop its own leadership from inside the country, develop its own scholars."

The idea for development of Westernized Islamic institutions is not a new phenomenon. In theory they could serve as a moderate Counterweight to the more ridged (or dare we say radical) teachings of traditional Islam. Unfortunately, in practice they have not resulted in much more then an adoption of conventional Muslim dogma. As witnessed by the quotes in this article its difficult to imagine that this situation would be any different.

Posted by DepotGuy 2009-05-20 11:58|| 2009-05-20 11:58|| Front Page Top

#11 I saw a report that Mexicans were converting to Islam and rejecting Catholicism. It was surmised the women, in particular, were rejecting the overtly sexual machismo culture.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-05-20 12:00|| 2009-05-20 12:00|| Front Page Top

#12 "It was surmised the women, in particular, were rejecting the overtly sexual machismo culture."

Well, that's a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire, isn't it?

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2009-05-20 12:12|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2009-05-20 12:12|| Front Page Top

#13 Well, the radical imams will probably bring the America-hating average down among the Bezerkley Faculty. :<

Posted by ebrown2 2009-05-20 13:15|| 2009-05-20 13:15|| Front Page Top

#14 This is just one of the many, many reasons I voted no on the tax and spend propositions on the California ballot yesterday. If we let them have the money they'll spend it on programs like this. I can't frickin' stand it. Please, stop the madness!!! It gets to a point where you feel like you live in a mad house and you wonder what you did or didn't do to deserve it. I don't think I deserve but I'm sure as hell getting it. Help!!!

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-05-20 14:36|| 2009-05-20 14:36|| Front Page Top

#15 i thought all the colleges in berkely were muslim

Posted by funky skunk 2009-05-20 20:17|| 2009-05-20 20:17|| Front Page Top

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