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Reut R. Cohen
Hat Tip: Concerned UCI Student
On the surface it appears that the MSU is trying to hold a creationism conference at UCI at the end of April or beginning of May.
However, a closer look suggests that this may be more than just a creationism conference, and perhaps attempts to validate Islam as the one true religion and to push for da’wah (a call to non-believers to convert to Islam).
Haryun Yahya is the proposed speaker at the event. Haryun Yahya is the pen name of a Turkish creationist whose real name is Adnan Oktar.According to Wikipedia, while Oktar has statements on his website denounce anti-Semitism, he is largely anti-Zionist, anti-Mason and also credited as a Holocaust denier. Oktar’s book Soykirim Yalani literally translates to The Holocaust Hoax. In another article entitled “The Truth About the Holocaust,” Oktar quotes Norman Finkelstein twice. Although this article states that the Holocaust did occur, it presents gross misrepresentations and conspiracy theories regarding the Holocaust.
Funny that in one text Oktar is largely denouncing the Holocaust and in another he attempts to present himself as a moderate voice that merely addresses the “exploitation” of the Holocaust. The MSU email suggests that the goal date for the conference would be during the fifth week of this quarter. This would be a week after the Israeli Independence Day, which falls this year on April 24th. The date would also fall two weeks before Nakba Day - May 15 - the day Palestinians mark to mourn the creation of Israeli country.
Here’s an e-mail explaining this program: Aïcha Sebaa writes:> Date: 04 Apr 2007 02:27:30 -0700
> To: MSU-UCI-Board@googlegroups.com,
> msu-uci@yahoogroups.com
> From: "Aïcha Sebaa"
> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 23:51:49 -0700
> Subject: [msu-uci] Harun Yahya Conference @ UCI!!
>
> essalaamu`alaikum wa rahamtulLah,
> inshaAllah you are all doing great!
> Here is some exciting news...
> inshaAllah we are hoping to hold a Harun Yahya
> Conference on campus early
> May (most likely, week 5)! :D
> For more information please visit:
> www.harunyahya.com
> www.harunyahyaconferences.com
> So, it would be great for us to choose a one awesome
> potential topic!
> Please go to the following website to choose a topic
> by Friday 4/6 at
> 11:59pm:
> http://www.msu-uci.com/?page=Vote
> jazakumAllahu khairan, wessalaamu`alaikum
>
5 comments. Leave a comment:
are there any protest plans?
As far as I know Harun Yahya approach to the Holocoust changed and in the new editions of the book Holocoust Hoax and the title of the book has replaced with "THE HOLOCAUST VIOLENCE". http://www.harunyahya.com/books/social/holocaust/holocaust_violence_foreword.php
And he has also a site named
http://www.islamdenouncesantisemitism.com/
Don't protest complete nonsense. Let the mystics smoke their weed of faith and contempt for facts.
Huh. So basically post #2 states that Harun changed the title of his book.
Big deal!
A Holocaust denier is a Holocaust denier. And even when he does acknowledge the Holocaust, he starts shoving conspiracy theories down everyone's throat.
Zionism didn't come into practice before the Holocaust. It came AFTER.
I don't think it's going to be beneficial for you guys to protest this idiot with large numbers. Why give him undue credit? His scholarship is based off crap. So no one, besides Holocaust deniers or severely left-wing morons, will take him seriously anyway. Maybe a couple of students could go out to engage the speaker in questions and get the gist of his "argument." I think students and community protested this guy, it would just give the MSU or MSA more media attention.
Could you repost the info about the panel discussion at UCLA on totalitarian Islam(see my recent post)?
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