Teaching About Terrorism: City University London - Revision history

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Tom Mills: New page: In March 2010 Rosie Waterhouse, the director of the MA in investigative journalism at City University London, wrote in the ''Independent'' that in 2009 she had approached [[Malcolm...

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New page: In March 2010 Rosie Waterhouse, the director of the MA in investigative journalism at City University London, wrote in the ''Independent'' that in 2009 she had approached [[Malcolm...

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In March 2010 [[Rosie Waterhouse]], the director of the MA in investigative journalism at City University London, wrote in the ''[[Independent]]'' that in 2009 she had approached [[Malcolm Gillies]], then Vice-Chancellor and President, to say that she was 'concerned about the activities of the Islamic Society'. An extract of the article is reproduced below:

<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">In April 2009, organisers invited three radical Islamist preachers to address the society's annual dinner, with the "brothers" and "sisters" segregated, and the latter forbidden to ask questions. One preacher, Anwar al-Awlaki , was to speak by video-link from Yemen, because he is banned from Britain for alleged links to terrorists. But the then vice-chancellor Malcolm Gilles intervened and the video-link was banned.After this I met Gillies to say I was concerned about the activities of the Islamic Society. Several research papers and Ed Husein's alarming book, The Islamist suggested that certain British universities, including City, were potential recruiting grounds for violent extremists. We agreed this was a sensitive subject but I argued that it was time universities took action. Gillies, who has since moved to London Metropolitan University, said there were two taboo topics among vice-chancellors – Islamic extremism and pensions.My anxiety continued. I was particularly disturbed by the sight of Muslim female students wearing the niqab, a dress statement I find offensive and threatening. Don't they value the rights and freedoms they enjoy in Britain? In Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan they are forced to cover up and denied an education.One of my journalism students, who is a Muslim woman, interviewed four British-born Muslim girls who said they began to wear the niqab only after coming to City and joining the Islamic Society. They found it "liberating", they said.I think the niqab should be banned at university. Some of my colleagues agree with me; others don't... <Ref>Rosie Waterhouse, '[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/rosie-waterhouse-universities-must-take-action-on-muslim-extremism-1922730.html Universities must take action on Muslim extremism]', ''Independent'', 18 March 2010.</ref></blockquote>

==Notes==
<references/>
[[Category:Teaching About Terrorism]]

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 <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">In April 2009, organisers invited three radical Islamist preachers to address the society's annual dinner, with the "brothers" and "sisters" segregated, and the latter forbidden to ask questions. One preacher, Anwar al-Awlaki , was to speak by video-link from Yemen, because he is banned from Britain for alleged links to terrorists. But the then vice-chancellor [[Malcolm Gilles]] [sic.] intervened and the video-link was banned.<p>After this I met Gillies to say I was concerned about the activities of the Islamic Society. Several research papers and [[Ed Husain|Ed Husein's]] [sic.] alarming book, ''[[The Islamist]]'' suggested that certain British universities, including City, were potential recruiting grounds for violent extremists. We agreed this was a sensitive subject but I argued that it was time universities took action. Gillies, who has since moved to London Metropolitan University, said there were two taboo topics among vice-chancellors – Islamic extremism and pensions.</p><p>My anxiety continued. I was particularly disturbed by the sight of Muslim female students wearing the niqab, a dress statement I find offensive and threatening. Don't they value the rights and freedoms they enjoy in Britain? In Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan they are forced to cover up and denied an education.</p><p>One of my journalism students, who is a Muslim woman, interviewed four British-born Muslim girls who said they began to wear the niqab only after coming to City and joining the Islamic Society. They found it "liberating", they said.</p><p>I think the niqab should be banned at university. Some of my colleagues agree with me; others don't... <Ref>Rosie Waterhouse, '[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/rosie-waterhouse-universities-must-take-action-on-muslim-extremism-1922730.html Universities must take action on Muslim extremism]', ''Independent'', 18 March 2010.</ref></p></blockquote>
 ==Notes==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Teaching About Terrorism]][[Category:Academic Freedom]]

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−	In March 2010 [[Rosie Waterhouse]], the director of the MA in investigative journalism at City University London, wrote in the ''[[Independent]]'' that in 2009 she had approached [[Malcolm Gillies]], then Vice-Chancellor and President, to say that she was 'concerned about the activities of the Islamic Society'. An extract of the article is reproduced below:	+	In March 2010 [[Rosie Waterhouse]], the director of the MA in investigative journalism at [[City University]] London, wrote in the ''[[Independent]]'' that in 2009 she had approached [[Malcolm Gillies]], then Vice-Chancellor and President, to say that she was 'concerned about the activities of the Islamic Society'. An extract of the article is reproduced below:

	<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">In April 2009, organisers invited three radical Islamist preachers to address the society's annual dinner, with the "brothers" and "sisters" segregated, and the latter forbidden to ask questions. One preacher, Anwar al-Awlaki , was to speak by video-link from Yemen, because he is banned from Britain for alleged links to terrorists. But the then vice-chancellor [[Malcolm Gilles]] [sic.] intervened and the video-link was banned.<p>After this I met Gillies to say I was concerned about the activities of the Islamic Society. Several research papers and [[Ed Husain\|Ed Husein's]] [sic.] alarming book, ''[[The Islamist]]'' suggested that certain British universities, including City, were potential recruiting grounds for violent extremists. We agreed this was a sensitive subject but I argued that it was time universities took action. Gillies, who has since moved to London Metropolitan University, said there were two taboo topics among vice-chancellors – Islamic extremism and pensions.</p><p>My anxiety continued. I was particularly disturbed by the sight of Muslim female students wearing the niqab, a dress statement I find offensive and threatening. Don't they value the rights and freedoms they enjoy in Britain? In Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan they are forced to cover up and denied an education.</p><p>One of my journalism students, who is a Muslim woman, interviewed four British-born Muslim girls who said they began to wear the niqab only after coming to City and joining the Islamic Society. They found it "liberating", they said.</p><p>I think the niqab should be banned at university. Some of my colleagues agree with me; others don't... <Ref>Rosie Waterhouse, '[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/rosie-waterhouse-universities-must-take-action-on-muslim-extremism-1922730.html Universities must take action on Muslim extremism]', ''Independent'', 18 March 2010.</ref></p></blockquote>		<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">In April 2009, organisers invited three radical Islamist preachers to address the society's annual dinner, with the "brothers" and "sisters" segregated, and the latter forbidden to ask questions. One preacher, Anwar al-Awlaki , was to speak by video-link from Yemen, because he is banned from Britain for alleged links to terrorists. But the then vice-chancellor [[Malcolm Gilles]] [sic.] intervened and the video-link was banned.<p>After this I met Gillies to say I was concerned about the activities of the Islamic Society. Several research papers and [[Ed Husain\|Ed Husein's]] [sic.] alarming book, ''[[The Islamist]]'' suggested that certain British universities, including City, were potential recruiting grounds for violent extremists. We agreed this was a sensitive subject but I argued that it was time universities took action. Gillies, who has since moved to London Metropolitan University, said there were two taboo topics among vice-chancellors – Islamic extremism and pensions.</p><p>My anxiety continued. I was particularly disturbed by the sight of Muslim female students wearing the niqab, a dress statement I find offensive and threatening. Don't they value the rights and freedoms they enjoy in Britain? In Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan they are forced to cover up and denied an education.</p><p>One of my journalism students, who is a Muslim woman, interviewed four British-born Muslim girls who said they began to wear the niqab only after coming to City and joining the Islamic Society. They found it "liberating", they said.</p><p>I think the niqab should be banned at university. Some of my colleagues agree with me; others don't... <Ref>Rosie Waterhouse, '[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/rosie-waterhouse-universities-must-take-action-on-muslim-extremism-1922730.html Universities must take action on Muslim extremism]', ''Independent'', 18 March 2010.</ref></p></blockquote>

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 In March 2010 [[Rosie Waterhouse]], the director of the MA in investigative journalism at City University London, wrote in the ''[[Independent]]'' that in 2009 she had approached [[Malcolm Gillies]], then Vice-Chancellor and President, to say that she was 'concerned about the activities of the Islamic Society'. An extract of the article is reproduced below:
-<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">In April 2009, organisers invited three radical Islamist preachers to address the society's annual dinner, with the "brothers" and "sisters" segregated, and the latter forbidden to ask questions. One preacher, Anwar al-Awlaki , was to speak by video-link from Yemen, because he is banned from Britain for alleged links to terrorists. But the then vice-chancellor Malcolm Gilles intervened and the video-link was banned.<p>After this I met Gillies to say I was concerned about the activities of the Islamic Society. Several research papers and [[Ed Husain|Ed Husein's]] alarming book, ''[[The Islamist]]'' suggested that certain British universities, including City, were potential recruiting grounds for violent extremists. We agreed this was a sensitive subject but I argued that it was time universities took action. Gillies, who has since moved to London Metropolitan University, said there were two taboo topics among vice-chancellors – Islamic extremism and pensions.</p><p>My anxiety continued. I was particularly disturbed by the sight of Muslim female students wearing the niqab, a dress statement I find offensive and threatening. Don't they value the rights and freedoms they enjoy in Britain? In Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan they are forced to cover up and denied an education.</p><p>One of my journalism students, who is a Muslim woman, interviewed four British-born Muslim girls who said they began to wear the niqab only after coming to City and joining the Islamic Society. They found it "liberating", they said.</p><p>I think the niqab should be banned at university. Some of my colleagues agree with me; others don't... <Ref>Rosie Waterhouse, '[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/rosie-waterhouse-universities-must-take-action-on-muslim-extremism-1922730.html Universities must take action on Muslim extremism]', ''Independent'', 18 March 2010.</ref></p></blockquote>
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">In April 2009, organisers invited three radical Islamist preachers to address the society's annual dinner, with the "brothers" and "sisters" segregated, and the latter forbidden to ask questions. One preacher, Anwar al-Awlaki , was to speak by video-link from Yemen, because he is banned from Britain for alleged links to terrorists. But the then vice-chancellor Malcolm Gilles intervened and the video-link was banned.<p>After this I met Gillies to say I was concerned about the activities of the Islamic Society. Several research papers and [[Ed Husain|Ed Husein's]] [sic.] alarming book, ''[[The Islamist]]'' suggested that certain British universities, including City, were potential recruiting grounds for violent extremists. We agreed this was a sensitive subject but I argued that it was time universities took action. Gillies, who has since moved to London Metropolitan University, said there were two taboo topics among vice-chancellors – Islamic extremism and pensions.</p><p>My anxiety continued. I was particularly disturbed by the sight of Muslim female students wearing the niqab, a dress statement I find offensive and threatening. Don't they value the rights and freedoms they enjoy in Britain? In Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan they are forced to cover up and denied an education.</p><p>One of my journalism students, who is a Muslim woman, interviewed four British-born Muslim girls who said they began to wear the niqab only after coming to City and joining the Islamic Society. They found it "liberating", they said.</p><p>I think the niqab should be banned at university. Some of my colleagues agree with me; others don't... <Ref>Rosie Waterhouse, '[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/rosie-waterhouse-universities-must-take-action-on-muslim-extremism-1922730.html Universities must take action on Muslim extremism]', ''Independent'', 18 March 2010.</ref></p></blockquote>
 ==Notes==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Teaching About Terrorism]]