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PollWhat should the government do about ailing financial institutions? Nothing, except to back off and get out—as any Objectivist knows, intervention is treating the disease with the disease 84% Intervene judiciously—enough to avert a catastrophe that is otherwise imminent 3% Intervene massively—as it's doing 3% Nationalize the whole economy and be done with it. Bring on the USSA! 1% Something else (specify) 9% Total votes: 76
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Promote Islam - MILLIONS funnelled into global universities Submitted by Sandi on Wed, 2008-04-23 00:48.
A PROMINENT Australian university practically begged the Saudi Arabian embassy to bankroll its Islamic campus for $1.3m, even telling the ambassador it could keep secret elements of the controversial deal. Griffith University, described by vice-chancellor Ian O'Connor as the "university of choice" for Saudis - offered the embassy an opportunity to reshape the Griffith Islamic Research Unit during its campaign to get some "extra noughts" added to Saudi cheques. The revelation comes despite a claim last year by Ross Homel - then director of Griffith's key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, which manages the Islamic unit - that the university did not chase money from the embassy and that the $100,000 down payment was offered with "no strings" attached. While the Brisbane university says its centre is designed to promote moderate Islam, the Saudi Government espouses a hardline version of the faith, policed at home by the Mutaween, the country's religious police notorious for enforcing strict Muslim laws. Women are subjected to particularly harsh treatment in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian women have fewer rights than Western children and foreigners face severe punishment for not obeying the religious laws. The Saudi Government - largely through its embassy - is believed to have funnelled at least $120m into Australia since the 1970s to bankroll radical clerics, build mosques and propagate hardline Islam The Australian revealed last September that the Muslim community feared Griffith's $100,000 Saudi grant would skew the university's research and create sympathy for an extremist Islamic ideology - Wahabbism - which is espoused by al-Qaeda. James Cook University's Mervyn Bendle, a senior lecturer in the history of terrorism, yesterday attacked Griffith University for accepting the money and accused the Saudi embassy of wanting to promote hardline Islam. "A country awash with oil revenue is using its massive wealth to promote a minority and sectarian form of Islam," he said. "Australian universities using such funds threaten not only the traditional values of academic freedom and scholarship but also threaten our moderate Muslim communities." The push to obtain Saudi funding is also revealed in an email exchange between Dr Abdalla and Griffith's Centre for Ethics research and business development manager, Jenny Wilson, who congratulates the Islamic unit's director on obtaining the $100,000 cheque, believed to be the first payment towards an expected $1.37m grant sought by the university. "Congratulations Mohamad," she writes in the email sent on July 12 last year. "Now how do we get the extra noughts on this cheque." Full Story ++++ Australian University's MacQuarie University Division of Humanities Australian National University Faculty of Arts - Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies The primary objectives of CAIS: To promote Arab, Islamic, Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, in both the undergraduate and postgraduate domains, at a national level. To strengthen Australia’s ties with the Middle Eastern and Central Asian domains The University of Queensland - This major will enable you to complete an in-depth study of Islam and of Muslims in a range of historical and contemporary perspectives. The University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts – Islamic Studies University of New South Wales Press Release “The most common and accurate beliefs held about Islam were that people pray five times a day and face towards Mecca, and that Islam prohibits consumption of pig products and alcohol. Australians' views of Islam and its followers are worrying but hopeful. University of New South Wales - Islam in East Asian and South-East Asian Countries Introduces the formation of Islam as a world religion, the process of its spread to East Asia and South-East Asia, and its assimilation in contemporary East Asian and South-East Asian cultures. Monash University - Australian-based Studies on Islam and Muslim Societies AUSTRALIAN SUPPORT TO MUSLIM EDUCATION “The courses would provide many subjects relevant to aspiring Muslim religious and community leaders. Courses at the Centre would also provide an important vehicle for the teaching of Islam in an Australian context University of Wollongong in DUBAI Why have an Australian aboriginal name and not an Arabic one? Has this anything to do with mis-information on where education has been received? NOTE: The Url to the Wollongong University in Australia – is not working anymore +++++ Over to the UK. “Cash from international Muslim entities is funding Islamic studies programs in universities throughout the UK. A recent study has revealed the vast extent of these donations, which dwarf grants provided to schools by the British government: Eight universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, have accepted more than £233.5 million from Saudi and Muslim sources since 1995, with much of the money going to Islamic study centres. This is 200 times the amount the government is putting into Islamic studies and will allow one-sided views of Islam and the Middle East, and anti-democratic propaganda to prosper. The Higher Education Funding Council for England is investigating whether foreign funds influence the curricula and research in Islamic studies programs. Some have suggested that this is already the case: Dr. Denis MacEoin, Islam expert at Newcastle University, said academics were nervous about handling topics that might upset their sponsors. "It's part of an overall belief that only Muslims can teach Islam, which in an academic context is entirely wrong. It would soon remove the possibility for genuine academic debate." "While Saudi sources claim that the funding is given to help remove Western misunderstandings of Islam, evidence suggests that much of the motivation is founded in Islamic doctrines of mission (da'wa) and holy war (jihad) and aims at the spread of Islam (especially in its Wahhabi form) and its political dominance around the world." Islamic studies’ departments at British universities may be fuelling extremism among students, according to a Government report. UK UNIVERSITIES teaching Islamic Studies University of Wales University of Cambridge The University of Edingburgh University of Birmingham University of Lancaster University of Oxford University of Manchester University of Bath University of Reading http://www.muslimcentre.co.uk/rums/web/index2.php?menu=home University of Exeter University of Newcastle University of Cardiff University of Norwich University of Brighton University of Leeds University of Warwick University of Dundee University of Glasgow University of Durham The UK University and College Information Source Federation of student Islamic Societies UK & Ireland http://www.uwesu.net/islamic/ Columbia University – NEW YORK Check out this course on their website Check out the Universities advertised [Worldwide] The Shariah Research Grant in Islamic Finance from Bank Negara Malaysia Islamic Studies Internet Curricular Resources International WESTERN Universities teaching Islam On-Line
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